THE JIM WELLS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies setting.
Jim Wells County has 865.2 square miles of land in Texas. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Jim Wells County: Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies, Texas-Tamaulipan Thornscrub, Coastal Sand Plain, among others.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Jim Wells County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies69.4%
- Texas-Tamaulipan Thornscrub21.6%
- Coastal Sand Plain8.6%
- Floodplains and Low Terraces0.4%
Southern Texas Plains in Jim Wells County
Rolling to dissected plains support the thorny brush landscape associated with South Texas. Mesquite and other shrubs are prominent within this warm transition between grassland and desert regions.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Jim Wells County
The atlas lists 16 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Jim Wells County, including Ben Bolt, Alice, Alice Acres. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Jim Wells County by land and water
The Census records 3.37 square miles of water within Jim Wells County, or 0.4% of its total area. That share is close to Jim Wells County’s 0.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Jim Wells County has 677 times the land area of nearby Rancho Alegre CDP (1.28 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Brooks County, Duval County, Kleberg County, Live Oak County, Nueces County, San Patricio County within Texas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

