THE ESCAMBIA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Pine Plains and Hills setting.
Escambia County has 945.4 square miles of land in Alabama. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Escambia County: Southern Pine Plains and Hills, Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Escambia County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Pine Plains and Hills93.4%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces6.6%
Finding your parcel within Escambia County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Escambia County, including Atmore, Brewton, Flomaton. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Escambia County by land and water
The Census records 7.73 square miles of water within Escambia County, or 0.8% of its total area. That share is close to Escambia County’s 0.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Escambia County has 83.7 times the land area of nearby Brewton city (11.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Baldwin County, Conecuh County, Covington County, Monroe County within Alabama. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

