THE YAKIMA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pleistocene Lake Basins setting.
Yakima city has 28.1 square miles of land in Yakima 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
Yakima and Yakima County
Yakima is associated with Yakima 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.
Yakima by land and water
The Census records 0.46 square miles of water within Yakima, or 1.6% of its total area. It is 1.2 percentage points higher than the 0.4% recorded for Yakima County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Yakima city has 5 times the land area of nearby Union Gap city (5.58 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

