THE CLAYTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Plains and Breaks setting.
Clayton city has 0.42 square miles of land in Decatur County, Norton County. Its Census reference point is in Rolling Plains and Breaks, 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Clayton intersects 2 county geographies: Decatur County, Norton County. A Clayton mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Clayton by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Clayton, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Kansas. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clayton city has 1.2% of the land area of nearby Pleasant Valley township (35.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

