THE OLPE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Flint Hills setting.
Olpe city has 0.7 square miles of land in Lyon County. Its Census reference point is in Flint Hills.
Rolling limestone and shale hills are divided by narrow valleys. The Flint Hills preserve extensive tallgrass-prairie landscapes, with rocky uplands contrasting with the smoother cropland regions nearby.
Regional context: Flint Hills ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Olpe and Lyon County
Olpe is associated with Lyon 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.
Olpe by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Olpe, or 15.2% of its total area. It is 14.3 percentage points higher than the 0.9% recorded for Lyon County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Olpe city has 0.6% of the land area of nearby Center township (118.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

