THE BROOKINGS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Oregon Coastal Mountains setting.
Brookings city has 4.15 square miles of land in Curry County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Oregon Coastal Mountains, within Coast Range.
Pacific-facing coastal mountains support moisture-loving conifers, with marine terraces, dunes and beaches along the ocean edge. Inland slopes and the immediate coast have different vegetation patterns.
Regional context: Coast Range ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Brookings and Curry County
Brookings is associated with Curry 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.
Brookings by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Brookings, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 17.9 percentage points lower than the 18.1% recorded for Curry County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Brookings city has 2.2 times the land area of nearby Harbor CDP (1.92 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

