THE LA PORTE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies setting.
La Porte city has 18.6 square miles of land in Harris County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Humid 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
La Porte and Harris County
La Porte is associated with Harris 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.
La Porte by land and water
The Census records 1.3 square miles of water within La Porte, or 6.5% of its total area. It is 2.6 percentage points higher than the 3.9% recorded for Harris County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, La Porte city has 22.7 times the land area of nearby Morgan's Point city (0.82 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.