THE CAMBRIDGE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Semiarid Foothills setting.
Cambridge city has 0.48 square miles of land in Washington County. Its Census reference point is in Semiarid Foothills, within Snake River Plain.
The Snake River Plain is lower and gentler than its surrounding mountains. Alluvial valleys, sagebrush-covered plains, low hills and scattered lava fields form its principal landscape patterns.
Regional context: Snake River Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Cambridge and Washington County
Cambridge is associated with Washington 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.
Cambridge by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Cambridge, or 2.8% of its total area. It is 1.4 percentage points higher than the 1.4% recorded for Washington County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cambridge city has 18.8% of the land area of nearby Midvale city (2.57 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.