THE CLEARLAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Clear Lake Hills and Valleys setting.
Clearlake city has 10.1 square miles of land in Lake County. Its Census reference point is in Clear Lake Hills and Valleys, within Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains.
Oak woodland, chaparral and grassland occupy foothills and low coastal mountains around the Central Valley. Narrow agricultural valleys interrupt this landscape of dry summers and wetter winters.
Regional context: Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Clearlake and Lake County
Clearlake is associated with Lake 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.
Clearlake by land and water
The Census records 0.45 square miles of water within Clearlake, or 4.3% of its total area. It is 1.2 percentage points lower than the 5.5% recorded for Lake County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clearlake city has 3.8 times the land area of nearby Lower Lake CDP (2.67 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

