THE ARKANSAS CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Prairie Tableland setting.
Arkansas City city has 9.49 square miles of land in Cowley County. Its Census reference point is in Prairie Tableland, within Central Great Plains.
These plains are lower and somewhat more irregular than the High Plains to the west. Their grassland setting includes rolling terrain and a transition toward greater rainfall in the east.
Regional context: Central Great Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Arkansas City and Cowley County
Arkansas City is associated with Cowley 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.
Arkansas City by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Arkansas City, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Cowley County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Arkansas City city has 26.5% of the land area of nearby Creswell township (35.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.