THE OSBURN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Coeur d Alene Metasedimentary Zone setting.
Osburn city has 1.32 square miles of land in Shoshone County. Its Census reference point is in Coeur d Alene Metasedimentary Zone, 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
Osburn and Shoshone County
Osburn is associated with Shoshone 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.
Osburn by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Osburn, or 1.5% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points higher than the 0.2% recorded for Shoshone County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Osburn city has 2.9 times the land area of nearby Silverton CDP (0.45 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

