THE MADRAS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Deschutes River Valley setting.
Madras city has 8.16 square miles of land in Jefferson County. Its Census reference point is in Deschutes River Valley, within Blue Mountains.
The Blue Mountains combine open mountain ranges and dissected volcanic uplands. The Wallowa and Elkhorn high country includes older granitic and metamorphic rocks above the surrounding lava landscape.
Regional context: Blue Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Madras and Jefferson County
Madras is associated with Jefferson 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.
Madras by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Madras, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Jefferson County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Madras city has 17.1 times the land area of nearby Metolius city (0.48 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

