THE WEST KOOTENAI LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Stillwater-Swan Wooded Valley setting.
West Kootenai CDP has 16.1 square miles of land in Lincoln County. Its Census reference point is in Stillwater-Swan Wooded Valley, within Northern Rockies.
The Northern Rockies contain rugged ranges, glacial lakes and mixed conifer forests. Moist Pacific influences reach some inland valleys, producing forest communities unlike the drier mountain regions farther south.
Regional context: Northern Rockies ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
West Kootenai and Lincoln County
West Kootenai is associated with Lincoln 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.
West Kootenai by land and water
The Census records 0.06 square miles of water within West Kootenai, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 1.7% recorded for Lincoln County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, West Kootenai CDP has 189.1 times the land area of nearby Rexford town (0.09 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

