THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Florida Flatwoods setting.
St. Lucie County has 571.9 square miles of land in Florida. The mapped landscape region in St. Lucie County is Eastern Florida Flatwoods.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Finding your parcel within St. Lucie County
The atlas lists 10 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with St. Lucie County, including Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce, Lakewood Park. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
St. Lucie County by land and water
The Census records 116.1 square miles of water within St. Lucie County, or 16.9% of its total area. That share is close to St. Lucie County’s 16.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, St. Lucie County has 221.7 times the land area of nearby Fort Pierce South CDP (2.58 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Indian River County, Martin County, Okeechobee County within Florida. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

