THE BINGHAM COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Snake River Basalt Plains setting.
Bingham County has 2,093.7 square miles of land in Idaho. 9 mapped landscape regions meet across Bingham County: Eastern Snake River Basalt Plains, Upper Snake River Plain, Semiarid Hills and Low Mountains, among others.
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.
Regional context: Snake River Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Bingham County intersects 9 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Snake River Basalt Plains38.5%
- Upper Snake River Plain21%
- Semiarid Hills and Low Mountains20.7%
- Lava Fields7%
- Sagebrush Steppe Valleys5.2%
Northern Basin and Range in Bingham County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Middle Rockies in Bingham County
Forested mountain ranges rise above grassy or shrubby intermountain valleys. The Middle Rockies combine alpine high country, partly wooded foothills and valleys supplied by mountain streams.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Bingham County
The atlas lists 10 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Bingham County, including Fort Hall, Blackfoot, Moreland. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Bingham County by land and water
The Census records 26.5 square miles of water within Bingham County, or 1.2% of its total area. That share is close to Bingham County’s 1.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bingham County has 911.5 times the land area of nearby Groveland CDP (2.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bannock County, Blaine County, Bonneville County, Butte County, Caribou County, Jefferson County, Power County within Idaho. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

