THE GRESHAM LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Portland/Vancouver Basin setting.
Gresham city has 23.6 square miles of land in Multnomah County. Its Census reference point is in Portland/Vancouver Basin, 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
Gresham and Multnomah County
Gresham is associated with Multnomah 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.
Gresham by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Gresham, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 6.7 percentage points lower than the 7.3% recorded for Multnomah County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gresham city has 25 times the land area of nearby Wood Village city (0.94 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

