THE ST. LOUIS CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
River Hills setting.
St. Louis city has 61.7 square miles of land in Missouri. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across St. Louis city: River Hills, Middle Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
St. Louis city intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- River Hills86%
- Middle Mississippi Alluvial Plain14%
Finding your parcel within St. Louis city
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with St. Louis city, including St. Louis. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
St. Louis city by land and water
The Census records 4.45 square miles of water within St. Louis city, or 6.7% of its total area. That share is close to St. Louis city’s 6.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
The Census boundary meets St. Louis County within Missouri. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.