THE DOUGLAS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Powder River Basin setting.
Douglas city has 6.6 square miles of land in Converse County. Its Census reference point is in Powder River Basin, within Northwestern Great Plains.
Rolling semiarid plains are punctuated by buttes, badlands and river breaks. Much of the regional terrain developed on sandstone, siltstone and shale without the leveling influence of continental glaciers.
Regional context: Northwestern Great Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Douglas and Converse County
Douglas is associated with Converse 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.
Douglas by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Douglas, or 1.9% of its total area. It is 1.7 percentage points higher than the 0.2% recorded for Converse County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Douglas city has 6.4 times the land area of nearby Orin CDP (1.03 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

