Two-thirds of Navajo County is tribal land, so the private land market is a band across the south and middle of the county: Show Low, Pinetop-Lakeside, Heber-Overgaard, Snowflake, Taylor, Holbrook, Joseph City and the subdivided high-desert land between them. A parcel in the pines near Show Low and a parcel in the grassland north of Snowflake can be in the same county and have almost nothing else in common.
There is no Active Management Area here. The Joseph City Irrigation Non-Expansion Area limits new irrigated farmland around Joseph City, but domestic wells on rural lots are outside AMA rules everywhere in the county. Elevation drives much of the rest: winter access, snow load, and whether a lot is usable year-round or only in summer.
Navajo County's treasurer publishes property tax status online, and the county maintains a back-tax land page for parcels it has taken. If your land is behind on taxes, read our back-taxes guide before the county's timeline makes the decision for you.
What the public record says about Navajo County
- County seat and size. Navajo County's seat is Holbrook. It counted 106,717 residents in the 2020 Census across 9,949.49 square miles of land. Source
- Groundwater designation. No Active Management Area. The Joseph City Irrigation Non-Expansion Area is in Navajo County. Source
- Who owns the land. Navajo County is 66% tribal land, 18% private, 9% federal and 6% state trust. Source
Water and wells
No Active Management Area. The Joseph City Irrigation Non-Expansion Area is in Navajo County. Whether a particular parcel is inside a boundary is a map question, not a county question — the parcel research tool checks ADWR's boundary layer for the exact parcel, and the well lookup guide shows how to find any registered well on it.
Land markets we cover in Navajo County
- Show Low City of Show Low inside city limits; Navajo County outside
County offices for land research
These are the offices that hold the records a buyer, title company or attorney will ask about. Links marked unchecked link point to official county domains we have not yet opened ourselves.
| Assessor | www.navajocountyaz.gov unchecked link |
|---|---|
| GIS / parcel maps | apps.navajocountyaz.gov unchecked link |
| Recorder (deeds, easements) | www.navajocountyaz.gov unchecked link |
| Treasurer (property tax) | apps.navajocountyaz.gov unchecked link |
| Planning & zoning | www.navajocountyaz.gov unchecked link |
| Zoning ordinance | www.navajocountyaz.gov unchecked link |
| Back-tax land | www.navajocountyaz.gov unchecked link |
Look up a parcel in Navajo County
Enter an address or assessor parcel number. We pull the parcel record, FEMA flood zone, ADWR water designation and elevation from public sources and label where each one came from.
Sources
Checked 2026-10-02. Links go to the agency or publication named.
General information, not legal, tax or survey advice. First 48 Offers LLC is a real estate investment company that buys land. It is not a law firm, brokerage, surveyor or title company. Arizona statutes, county procedures and agency boundaries change, and every parcel turns on its own facts. Verify anything important with the county, the agency named, or an Arizona attorney before relying on it.