THE PATEROS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Okanogan Valley setting.
Pateros city has 0.51 square miles of land in Okanogan County. Its Census reference point is in Okanogan Valley, 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
Pateros and Okanogan County
Pateros is associated with Okanogan 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.
Pateros by land and water
The Census records 0.2 square miles of water within Pateros, or 28% of its total area. It is 27.1 percentage points higher than the 0.9% recorded for Okanogan County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pateros city has 43.8% of the land area of nearby Brewster city (1.15 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

