THE COOS BAY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Coastal Lowlands setting.
Coos Bay city has 10.6 square miles of land in Coos County. Its Census reference point is in Coastal Lowlands, 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
Coos Bay and Coos County
Coos Bay is associated with Coos 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.
Coos Bay by land and water
The Census records 5.28 square miles of water within Coos Bay, or 33.2% of its total area. It is 21.5 percentage points higher than the 11.6% recorded for Coos County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Coos Bay city has 2.7 times the land area of nearby North Bend city (3.93 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

