THE PRAIRIE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Grand Prairie setting.
Prairie County has 647.5 square miles of land in Arkansas. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Prairie County: Grand Prairie, Western Lowlands Holocene Meander Belts, Arkansas/Ouachita River Holocene Meander Belts.
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
Prairie County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Grand Prairie78.3%
- Western Lowlands Holocene Meander Belts20.5%
- Arkansas/Ouachita River Holocene Meander Belts1.3%
Finding your parcel within Prairie County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Prairie County, including Hazen, Des Arc, De Valls Bluff. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Prairie County by land and water
The Census records 28 square miles of water within Prairie County, or 4.2% of its total area. That share is close to Prairie County’s 4.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Prairie County has 184.1 times the land area of nearby Hazen city (3.52 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Arkansas County, Lonoke County, Monroe County, White County, Woodruff County within Arkansas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

