THE CHADRON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pine Ridge Escarpment setting.
Chadron city has 3.9 square miles of land in Dawes County. Its Census reference point is in Pine Ridge Escarpment, within High Plains.
Broad, comparatively smooth plains distinguish the High Plains from neighboring broken terrain. The natural grassland setting is drier and higher than the Central Great Plains to the east.
Regional context: High Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Chadron and Dawes County
Chadron is associated with Dawes 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.
Chadron by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Chadron, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.3% recorded for Dawes County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Chadron city has 24.7 times the land area of nearby Whitney village (0.16 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

