THE WARRENTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Coastal Lowlands setting.
Warrenton city has 12.7 square miles of land in Clatsop County. Its Census reference point is in Coastal Lowlands, within Coast Range.
Pacific-facing coastal mountains support moisture-loving conifers, with marine terraces, dunes and beaches along the ocean edge. Inland slopes and the immediate coast have different vegetation patterns.
Regional context: Coast Range ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Warrenton and Clatsop County
Warrenton is associated with Clatsop 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.
Warrenton by land and water
The Census records 5.01 square miles of water within Warrenton, or 28.3% of its total area. It is 4.7 percentage points higher than the 23.6% recorded for Clatsop County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Warrenton city has 22.5 times the land area of nearby Jeffers Gardens CDP (0.57 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

