THE PLAQUEMINE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Holocene Meander Belts setting.
Plaquemine city has 2.92 square miles of land in Iberville Parish. Its Census reference point is in Southern 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
Plaquemine and Iberville Parish
Plaquemine is associated with Iberville 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.
Plaquemine by land and water
The Census records 0.08 square miles of water within Plaquemine, or 2.8% of its total area. It is 2.7 percentage points lower than the 5.5% recorded for Iberville Parish. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Plaquemine city has 1.8 times the land area of nearby Crescent CDP (1.67 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

