THE KAMIAH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lower Clearwater Canyons setting.
Kamiah city has 1.1 square miles of land in Idaho County, Lewis County. Its Census reference point is in Lower Clearwater Canyons, within Northern Rockies.
The Northern Rockies contain rugged ranges, glacial lakes and mixed conifer forests. Moist Pacific influences reach some inland valleys, producing forest communities unlike the drier mountain regions farther south.
Regional context: Northern Rockies ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Kamiah intersects 2 county geographies: Idaho County, Lewis County. A Kamiah mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Kamiah by land and water
The Census records 0.09 square miles of water within Kamiah, or 7.3% of its total area. It is 6.2 percentage points higher than the 1.1% recorded for Idaho. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kamiah city has 1.8 times the land area of nearby Kooskia city (0.62 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

