THE CHENEY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess Islands setting.
Cheney city has 4.34 square miles of land in Spokane County. Its Census reference point is in Loess Islands, 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
Cheney and Spokane County
Cheney is associated with Spokane 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.
Cheney by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Cheney, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.9% recorded for Spokane County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cheney city has 1.4 times the land area of nearby Four Lakes CDP (3.09 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

