THE ST. FRANCIS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Western Lowlands Pleistocene Valley Trains setting.
St. Francis County has 634.8 square miles of land in Arkansas. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across St. Francis 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
St. Francis County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Western Lowlands Pleistocene Valley Trains44%
- Northern Holocene Meander Belts41.5%
- Bluff Hills12%
- Northern Backswamps2.6%
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains in St. Francis 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 St. Francis County
The atlas lists 10 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with St. Francis County, including Forrest City, Goodwin, Palestine. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
St. Francis County by land and water
The Census records 7.73 square miles of water within St. Francis County, or 1.2% of its total area. That share is close to St. Francis County’s 1.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, St. Francis County has 255.5 times the land area of nearby Madison city (2.48 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Crittenden County, Cross County, Lee County, Monroe County, Woodruff County within Arkansas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

