THE LAKE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
High Lava Plains setting.
Lake County has 8,138.6 square miles of land in Oregon. 10 mapped landscape regions meet across Lake County: High Lava Plains, Pumice Plateau, Fremont Pine/Fir Forest, among others.
Lava plains, stony uplands, dry valleys and scattered ranges form the Northern Basin and Range. Sagebrush and grassland give way to juniper and other woodland in higher or rockier settings.
Regional context: Northern Basin and Range ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Lake County intersects 10 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- High Lava Plains46.3%
- Pumice Plateau13.6%
- Fremont Pine/Fir Forest13.2%
- High Desert Wetlands9.9%
- Pluvial Lake Basins8.4%
Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills in Lake County
On the Cascades' drier eastern side, open pine forests mingle with volcanic cones, buttes and basins. Larger river valleys and lake basins interrupt the surrounding uplands.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Lake County
The atlas lists 5 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Lake County, including Lakeview, New Pine Creek, Plush. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Lake County by land and water
The Census records 219.5 square miles of water within Lake County, or 2.6% of its total area. That share is close to Lake County’s 2.6%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lake County has 19,377.6 times the land area of nearby Paisley city (0.42 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Deschutes County, Harney County, Klamath County within Oregon. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

