THE NILES LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash Plain setting.
Niles city has 5.79 square miles of land in Berrien County, Cass County. Its Census reference point is in Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash Plain, within Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains.
Lakes, marshes and complex glacial deposits create a varied landscape around southern Michigan and northern Indiana. Moraines, beach ridges, dunes, kettles and meltwater channels occur across the region.
Regional context: Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Niles intersects 2 county geographies: Berrien County, Cass County. A Niles mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Niles by land and water
The Census records 0.16 square miles of water within Niles, or 2.7% of its total area. It is 38.8 percentage points lower than the 41.5% recorded for Michigan. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Niles city has 15.5% of the land area of nearby Niles township (37.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.