THE POST FALLS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Spokane Valley Outwash Plains setting.
Post Falls city has 19.2 square miles of land in Kootenai County. Its Census reference point is in Spokane Valley Outwash Plains, 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
Post Falls and Kootenai County
Post Falls is associated with Kootenai 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.
Post Falls by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Post Falls, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 5.3 percentage points lower than the 5.4% recorded for Kootenai County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Post Falls city has 15.8 times the land area of nearby Hauser city (1.21 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.