THE DAMASCUS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Valley Foothills setting.
Damascus CDP has 17.4 square miles of land in Clackamas County. Its Census reference point is in Valley Foothills, 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
Damascus and Clackamas County
Damascus is associated with Clackamas 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.
Damascus by land and water
The Census records 0.18 square miles of water within Damascus, or 1% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points higher than the 0.7% recorded for Clackamas County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Damascus CDP has 1.5 times the land area of nearby Happy Valley city (11.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

