THE SPOKANE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Spokane Valley Outwash Plains setting.
Spokane city has 68.8 square miles of land in Spokane County. Its Census reference point is in Spokane Valley Outwash Plains, within Northern Rockies.
The Northern Rockies contain rugged ranges, glacial lakes and mixed conifer forests. Moist Pacific influences reach some inland valleys, producing forest communities unlike the drier mountain regions farther south.
Regional context: Northern Rockies ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Spokane and Spokane County
Spokane 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.
Spokane by land and water
The Census records 0.74 square miles of water within Spokane, or 1.1% of its total area. It is 0.1 percentage points higher 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, Spokane city has 57.3 times the land area of nearby Town and Country CDP (1.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

