THE BOONE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Nebraska Loess Plains setting.
Boone County has 686.5 square miles of land in Nebraska. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Boone County: Central Nebraska Loess Plains, Sand Hills, Northeastern Nebraska Loess Hills.
These plains are lower and somewhat more irregular than the High Plains to the west. Their grassland setting includes rolling terrain and a transition toward greater rainfall in the east.
Regional context: Central Great Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Boone County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Central Nebraska Loess Plains75.2%
- Sand Hills12.8%
- Northeastern Nebraska Loess Hills12%
Nebraska Sand Hills in Boone County
Grass-covered sand dunes form the Sandhills' distinctive rolling landscape. Lakes and wetlands occur in many areas between dunes, while tree cover is limited away from some river corridors.
Read the regional source ↗Western Corn Belt Plains in Boone County
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Boone County
The atlas lists 7 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Boone County, including Albion, St. Edward, Petersburg. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Boone County by land and water
The Census records 0.69 square miles of water within Boone County, or 0.1% of its total area. That share is close to Boone County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Boone County has 579.8 times the land area of nearby Albion city (1.18 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Antelope County, Greeley County, Madison County, Nance County, Platte County, Wheeler County within Nebraska. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

