Clay County, KS

What LandBenchmark can tell you about a parcel in Clay County — and, just as importantly, what it can't.

Land area
645.3
sq mi
Water area
10.3
sq mi
County FIPS
20027
Center
39.345, -97.169

Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.

Measured terrain around the Clay County centroid

Centroid elevation
374
m (1,227 ft)
Terrain relief
65
m spread (p95−p5, ~20–40 km window)

The county center sits at about 374 m above sea level. Elevation across the sampled window spreads 65 m — gently rolling terrain by our banding (flat <30 m · gently rolling 30–100 m · hilly 100–300 m · mountainous >300 m). These are county-scale context, not parcel measurements — a specific parcel gets its own slope, flood and usable-acreage readings when analyzed.

Elevation measured 2026-07-21 from the AWS Terrain Tiles (terrarium encoding, z10).

Data available for Clay County

  • No free owner records. Kansas does not publish a free statewide parcel-and-owner dataset, so LandBenchmark cannot show who owns a parcel in Clay County. The county assessor's office is the authoritative source. Every measured signal below is unaffected.
  • Legal description — township, range and section from the BLM Public Land Survey System.
  • FEMA flood zones, wetlands, soil survey and NCCPI soil productivity — the federal layers, all free and all available here.
  • 56 measured signals from satellite imagery and public records — slope and usable acreage, observed surface water, vegetation trend, wildfire and seismic hazard, access and neighboring land use. Each one cites its method, its source, and the date it was observed.

LandBenchmark has no listings and does not know what is for sale in Clay County. It analyses a parcel you point it at. It is an automated Phase-1 desk screen, not a survey, a flood determination, or a substitute for on-site inspection.

Common questions about land in Clay County

Can I see who owns a parcel in Clay County?

Not from free data — Kansas does not publish a free statewide parcel-ownership dataset, and LandBenchmark does not buy broker data. The Clay County assessor's office is the authoritative source; every measured signal is unaffected.

How hilly is Clay County?

Around the county center, measured elevation spreads 65 m across a ~20–40 km window — gently rolling terrain by our banding. Individual parcels vary: a report measures the actual slope and usable acreage of the parcel you point it at.

What can LandBenchmark measure for a parcel in Clay County?

56 measured signals, each cited with source and observation date: FEMA flood zone plus surface water observed in multi-year imagery, USFWS wetlands, USDA soil survey and productivity, slope and usable acreage, wildfire and seismic hazard, access and surroundings. What a satellite cannot verify — title, zoning, perc results, water rights — goes on a human-verify checklist naming the Clay County offices that can.

Nearest neighboring counties