THE MARION LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Prairie Terraces setting.
Marion CDP has 1.15 square miles of land in Marion 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
Marion and Marion County
Marion is associated with Marion 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.
Marion by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Marion, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.9 percentage points lower than the 0.9% recorded for Marion County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Marion CDP has 3.4 times the land area of nearby West Scio CDP (0.34 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

