THE CHELAN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Channeled Scablands setting.
Chelan city has 6.84 square miles of land in Chelan County. Its Census reference point is in Channeled Scablands, 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
Chelan and Chelan County
Chelan is associated with Chelan 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.
Chelan by land and water
The Census records 0.18 square miles of water within Chelan, or 2.5% of its total area. That share is close to Chelan County’s 2.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Chelan city has 24.5 times the land area of nearby Chelan Falls CDP (0.28 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

