THE MOSCOW LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Palouse Hills setting.
Moscow city has 6.91 square miles of land in Latah County. Its Census reference point is in Palouse Hills, within Columbia Plateau.
Basalt underlies this dry plateau of grassland and sagebrush. Windblown soils cover some uplands, while ancient flood paths exposed rock across the region's scabland terrain.
Regional context: Columbia Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Moscow and Latah County
Moscow is associated with Latah 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.
Moscow by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Moscow, or 0% of its total area. That share is close to Latah County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Moscow city has 6.8 times the land area of nearby Viola CDP (1.01 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

