THE GREAT FALLS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
North Central Brown Glaciated Plains setting.
Great Falls city has 23.2 square miles of land in Cascade County. Its Census reference point is in North Central Brown Glaciated Plains, within Northwestern Glaciated Plains.
Glaciated plains bridge the wetter eastern prairie and the drier, more broken Great Plains. Numerous prairie potholes and other seasonal or persistent wetlands are characteristic regional landforms.
Regional context: Northwestern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Great Falls and Cascade County
Great Falls is associated with Cascade 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.
Great Falls by land and water
The Census records 0.48 square miles of water within Great Falls, or 2% of its total area. It is 1.5 percentage points higher than the 0.5% recorded for Cascade County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Great Falls city has 15 times the land area of nearby Black Eagle CDP (1.54 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

