THE BENTON CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pleistocene Lake Basins setting.
Benton City city has 2.49 square miles of land in Benton County. Its Census reference point is in Pleistocene Lake Basins, within Columbia Plateau.
Basalt underlies this dry plateau of grassland and sagebrush. Windblown soils cover some uplands, while ancient flood paths exposed rock across the region's scabland terrain.
Regional context: Columbia Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Benton City and Benton County
Benton City is associated with Benton 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.
Benton City by land and water
The Census records 0.07 square miles of water within Benton City, or 2.6% of its total area. It is 0.8 percentage points lower than the 3.4% recorded for Benton County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Benton City city has 11.3% of the land area of nearby West Richland city (22.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

