THE PRINEVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Deschutes River Valley setting.
Prineville city has 12.8 square miles of land in Crook 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
Prineville and Crook County
Prineville is associated with Crook 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.
Prineville by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Prineville, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.3% recorded for Crook County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Prineville city has 29.2 times the land area of nearby Ochoco West CDP (0.44 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

