THE EPHRATA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pleistocene Lake Basins setting.
Ephrata city has 10.5 square miles of land in Grant 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
Ephrata and Grant County
Ephrata is associated with Grant 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.
Ephrata by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Ephrata, or 0% of its total area. It is 4 percentage points lower than the 4% recorded for Grant County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ephrata city has 9.3 times the land area of nearby Lakeview CDP (1.13 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

