THE COLUMBIA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Arkansas/Ouachita River Holocene Meander Belts setting.
Columbia town has 0.76 square miles of land in Caldwell Parish. Its Census reference point is in Arkansas/Ouachita River Holocene Meander Belts, within Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
The Mississippi's broad alluvial plain includes river terraces, swales and natural levees. Small changes in elevation distinguish local settings within this generally flat river landscape.
Regional context: Mississippi Alluvial Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Columbia and Caldwell Parish
Columbia is associated with Caldwell Parish 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.
Columbia by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Columbia, or 0.9% of its total area. It is 1.2 percentage points lower than the 2.1% recorded for Caldwell Parish. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Columbia town has 24.4% of the land area of nearby Banks Springs CDP (3.14 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

