THE CRESCENT CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Coastal Lowlands setting.
Crescent City city has 1.96 square miles of land in Del Norte County. Its Census reference point is in Coastal Lowlands, within Coast Range.
Pacific-facing coastal mountains support moisture-loving conifers, with marine terraces, dunes and beaches along the ocean edge. Inland slopes and the immediate coast have different vegetation patterns.
Regional context: Coast Range ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Crescent City and Del Norte County
Crescent City is associated with Del Norte County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Crescent City by land and water
The Census records 0.45 square miles of water within Crescent City, or 18.7% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points higher than the 18.2% recorded for Del Norte County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Crescent City city has 37.2% of the land area of nearby Bertsch-Oceanview CDP (5.27 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

