THE CARIBOU COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Partly Forested Mountains setting.
Caribou County has 1,764.2 square miles of land in Idaho. 7 mapped landscape regions meet across Caribou County: Partly Forested Mountains, Sagebrush Steppe Valleys, High Elevation Forests and Shrublands, among others.
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.
Regional context: Middle Rockies ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Caribou County intersects 7 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Partly Forested Mountains33.3%
- Sagebrush Steppe Valleys30.5%
- High Elevation Forests and Shrublands12.3%
- Semiarid Hills and Low Mountains11.8%
- High Elevation Valleys9.1%
Northern Basin and Range in Caribou 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 ↗Wasatch and Uinta Mountains in Caribou County
High, steep mountains and narrow valleys form the core of the Wasatch and Uinta ranges. Woodland, aspen and conifers change with elevation, with dissected plateaus along parts of the margins.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Caribou County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Caribou County, including Soda Springs, Grace, Bancroft. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Caribou County by land and water
The Census records 34.4 square miles of water within Caribou County, or 1.9% of its total area. That share is close to Caribou County’s 1.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Caribou County has 398.1 times the land area of nearby Soda Springs city (4.43 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bannock County, Bear Lake County, Bingham County, Bonneville County, Franklin County within Idaho. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

