THE ALICE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies setting.
Alice city has 12 square miles of land in Jim Wells County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies, within Western Gulf Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains extend along the western Gulf, contrasting with more irregular inland country. Grassland was the principal natural cover, with river corridors and coastal features adding local variation.
Regional context: Western Gulf Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Alice and Jim Wells County
Alice is associated with Jim Wells 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.
Alice by land and water
The Census records 0.59 square miles of water within Alice, or 4.7% of its total area. It is 4.3 percentage points higher than the 0.4% recorded for Jim Wells County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Alice city has 9.4 times the land area of nearby Rancho Alegre CDP (1.28 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

