THE SPIRIT LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Spokane Valley Outwash Plains setting.
Spirit Lake city has 2.46 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
Spirit Lake and Kootenai County
Spirit Lake 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.
Spirit Lake by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Spirit Lake, or 0% of its total area. It is 5.4 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, Spirit Lake city has 1.7 times the land area of nearby Blanchard CDP (1.49 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

