THE PEMISCOT COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
St. Francis Lowlands setting.
Pemiscot County has 492.6 square miles of land in Missouri. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Pemiscot County: St. Francis Lowlands, Northern Holocene Meander Belts.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Pemiscot County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- St. Francis Lowlands55.5%
- Northern Holocene Meander Belts44.5%
Finding your parcel within Pemiscot County
The atlas lists 14 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Pemiscot County, including Caruthersville, Hayti, Steele. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Pemiscot County by land and water
The Census records 20.8 square miles of water within Pemiscot County, or 4.1% of its total area. That share is close to Pemiscot County’s 4.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pemiscot County has 502.1 times the land area of nearby Hayti Heights city (0.98 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Dunklin County, New Madrid County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.