THE LEE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Western Lowlands Pleistocene Valley Trains setting.
Lee County has 599.8 square miles of land in Arkansas. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Lee County: Western Lowlands Pleistocene Valley Trains, Northern Holocene Meander Belts, Bluff Hills, among others.
The Mississippi's broad alluvial plain includes river terraces, swales and natural levees. Small changes in elevation distinguish local settings within this generally flat river landscape.
Regional context: Mississippi Alluvial Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Lee County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Western Lowlands Pleistocene Valley Trains55.7%
- Northern Holocene Meander Belts37.2%
- Bluff Hills4.7%
- Northern Backswamps2.4%
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains in Lee County
Windblown loess blankets irregular plains and rolling hills, with steeper bluffs near the Mississippi River. Flatter eastern areas contrast with the more deeply cut bluff country.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Lee County
The atlas lists 6 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lee County, including Marianna, Rondo, Moro. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lee County by land and water
The Census records 22.3 square miles of water within Lee County, or 3.6% of its total area. That share is close to Lee County’s 3.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lee County has 166 times the land area of nearby Marianna city (3.61 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Crittenden County, Monroe County, Phillips County, St. Francis County within Arkansas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

