THE MCCLOUD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Low Southern Cascades Mixed Conifer Forest setting.
McCloud CDP has 2.42 square miles of land in Siskiyou County. Its Census reference point is in Low Southern Cascades Mixed Conifer Forest, within Cascades.
Volcanic mountains, deeply cut stream valleys and glaciated high country define the Cascades. Conifer forests change with elevation, giving way to mountain meadows and rocky alpine terrain.
Regional context: Cascades ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
McCloud and Siskiyou County
McCloud is associated with Siskiyou 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.
McCloud by land and water
The Census records 0.07 square miles of water within McCloud, or 2.7% of its total area. It is 1.6 percentage points higher than the 1.1% recorded for Siskiyou County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, McCloud CDP has 1.5 times the land area of nearby Dunsmuir city (1.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

