THE CAMAS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Portland/Vancouver Basin setting.
Camas city has 14.3 square miles of land in Clark County. Its Census reference point is in Portland/Vancouver Basin, within Willamette Valley.
The Willamette River's floodplains and terraces sit among low hills and scattered buttes. The valley's prairie, oak and riparian landscape differs markedly from the conifer-covered mountains around it.
Regional context: Willamette Valley ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Camas and Clark County
Camas is associated with Clark 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.
Camas by land and water
The Census records 2.17 square miles of water within Camas, or 13.1% of its total area. It is 9 percentage points higher than the 4.1% recorded for Clark County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Camas city has 2.9 times the land area of nearby Fern Prairie CDP (5.02 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

