THE BASILE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies setting.
Basile town has 1.16 square miles of land in Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish. Its Census reference point is in Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies, within Western Gulf Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains extend along the western Gulf, contrasting with more irregular inland country. Grassland was the principal natural cover, with river corridors and coastal features adding local variation.
Regional context: Western Gulf Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Basile intersects 2 county geographies: Acadia Parish, Evangeline Parish. A Basile mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Basile by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Basile, or 0% of its total area. It is 17.5 percentage points lower than the 17.5% recorded for Louisiana. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Basile town has 69.8% of the land area of nearby Elton town (1.66 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

