THE BANNOCK COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Semiarid Hills and Low Mountains setting.
Bannock County has 1,112.5 square miles of land in Idaho. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Bannock County: Semiarid Hills and Low Mountains, High Elevation Forests and Shrublands, Sagebrush Steppe Valleys, among others.
Lava plains, stony uplands, dry valleys and scattered ranges form the Northern Basin and Range. Sagebrush and grassland give way to juniper and other woodland in higher or rockier settings.
Regional context: Northern Basin and Range ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Bannock County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Semiarid Hills and Low Mountains54.5%
- High Elevation Forests and Shrublands21.9%
- Sagebrush Steppe Valleys12.8%
- Upper Snake River Plain9.1%
- Malad and Cache Valleys1.6%
Snake River Plain in Bannock County
The Snake River Plain is lower and gentler than its surrounding mountains. Alluvial valleys, sagebrush-covered plains, low hills and scattered lava fields form its principal landscape patterns.
Read the regional source ↗Central Basin and Range in Bannock County
North-trending mountain blocks separate dry interior basins. Alluvial fans connect the ranges to valley floors, while vegetation changes from sparse basin shrubs to woodland and forest at higher elevations.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Bannock County
The atlas lists 9 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Bannock County, including Fort Hall, Pocatello, Chubbuck. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Bannock County by land and water
The Census records 35.6 square miles of water within Bannock County, or 3.1% of its total area. That share is close to Bannock County’s 3.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bannock County has 499.3 times the land area of nearby McCammon city (2.23 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bingham County, Caribou County, Franklin County, Oneida County, Power County within Idaho. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

