THE FAIRFIELD BAY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lower Boston Mountains setting.
Fairfield Bay city has 15.1 square miles of land in Cleburne County, Van Buren County. Its Census reference point is in Lower Boston Mountains, within Boston Mountains.
A deeply eroded sandstone-and-shale plateau creates the Boston Mountains' rugged valleys and uplands. Oak and hickory forests are prominent, with pine and cedar in some lower or exposed settings.
Regional context: Boston Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Fairfield Bay intersects 2 county geographies: Cleburne County, Van Buren County. A Fairfield Bay mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Fairfield Bay by land and water
The Census records 0.06 square miles of water within Fairfield Bay, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 1.9 percentage points lower than the 2.3% recorded for Arkansas. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fairfield Bay city has 41 times the land area of nearby Edgemont CDP (0.37 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

