THE KALAMA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cowlitz/Chehalis Foothills setting.
Kalama city has 3.6 square miles of land in Cowlitz County. Its Census reference point is in Cowlitz/Chehalis Foothills, within Puget Lowland.
A glacial lowland surrounds Puget Sound with islands, bays, peninsulas and rolling terrain. Moraines, outwash plains and river terraces create a varied setting beneath the region's maritime climate.
Regional context: Puget Lowland ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Kalama and Cowlitz County
Kalama is associated with Cowlitz 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.
Kalama by land and water
The Census records 0.26 square miles of water within Kalama, or 6.7% of its total area. It is 4.5 percentage points higher than the 2.2% recorded for Cowlitz County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kalama city has 44.3% of the land area of nearby Kelso city (8.14 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

