THE SHREVEPORT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tertiary Uplands setting.
Shreveport city has 108.2 square miles of land in Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish. Its Census reference point is in Tertiary Uplands, within South Central Plains.
The Piney Woods occupy irregular plains at the western edge of the southern forest belt. Pine and hardwood landscapes alternate with wider river corridors such as the Red River valley.
Regional context: South Central Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Shreveport intersects 2 county geographies: Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish. A Shreveport mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Shreveport by land and water
The Census records 15.7 square miles of water within Shreveport, or 12.7% of its total area. It is 4.8 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, Shreveport city has 131.1 times the land area of nearby Lakeview CDP (0.83 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

