THE PRIEST RIVER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Inland Maritime Foothills and Valleys setting.
Priest River city has 2.25 square miles of land in Bonner County. Its Census reference point is in Inland Maritime Foothills and Valleys, 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
Priest River and Bonner County
Priest River is associated with Bonner 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.
Priest River by land and water
The Census records 0.12 square miles of water within Priest River, or 5.2% of its total area. It is 4.4 percentage points lower than the 9.6% recorded for Bonner County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Priest River city has 2.7 times the land area of nearby Oldtown city (0.82 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.