THE LAKE STEVENS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Puget Uplands setting.
Lake Stevens city has 10.2 square miles of land in Snohomish County. Its Census reference point is in Eastern Puget Uplands, 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
Lake Stevens and Snohomish County
Lake Stevens is associated with Snohomish 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.
Lake Stevens by land and water
The Census records 1.56 square miles of water within Lake Stevens, or 13.3% of its total area. It is 8.4 percentage points higher than the 5% recorded for Snohomish County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lake Stevens city has 21.6 times the land area of nearby Cavalero CDP (0.47 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

