THE CORVALLIS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Prairie Terraces setting.
Corvallis city has 14.5 square miles of land in Benton County. Its Census reference point is in Prairie Terraces, within Willamette Valley.
The Willamette River's floodplains and terraces sit among low hills and scattered buttes. The valley's prairie, oak and riparian landscape differs markedly from the conifer-covered mountains around it.
Regional context: Willamette Valley ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Corvallis and Benton County
Corvallis is associated with Benton 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.
Corvallis by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Corvallis, or 0.9% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points higher than the 0.4% recorded for Benton County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Corvallis city has 7 times the land area of nearby Philomath city (2.07 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

