THE HAZELWOOD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Middle Mississippi Alluvial Plain setting.
Hazelwood city has 16 square miles of land in St. Louis County. Its Census reference point is in Middle Mississippi Alluvial Plain, within Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Broad terraced river valleys contrast with wooded slopes and dissected glacial plains. Bottomland settings and upland oak landscapes occur close together across the Interior River Valleys and Hills.
Regional context: Interior River Valleys and Hills ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Hazelwood and St. Louis County
Hazelwood is associated with St. Louis County 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.
Hazelwood by land and water
The Census records 0.59 square miles of water within Hazelwood, or 3.6% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points higher than the 2.9% recorded for St. Louis County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hazelwood city has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Bridgeton city (14.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

