THE CORPUS CHRISTI LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies setting.
Corpus Christi city has 167.8 square miles of land in Aransas County, Kleberg County, Nueces County, San Patricio County. Its Census boundary intersects 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 from the Census boundary intersection
The Census reference point falls outside the regional layer’s mapped footprint. This classification uses the actual place-boundary intersection, with Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies representing its largest mapped overlap. Shorelines and dataset boundaries can differ.
One place name. 4 county geographies.
Corpus Christi intersects 4 county geographies: Aransas County, Kleberg County, Nueces County, San Patricio County. A Corpus Christi mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Corpus Christi by land and water
The Census records 325.1 square miles of water within Corpus Christi, or 66% of its total area. It is 63.2 percentage points higher than the 2.7% recorded for Texas. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Corpus Christi city has 574.6 times the land area of nearby Ingleside on the Bay city (0.29 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.