THE CLEARWATER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Anoka Sand Plain and Mississippi Valley Outwash setting.
Clearwater city has 1.79 square miles of land in Stearns County, Wright County. Its Census reference point is in Anoka Sand Plain and Mississippi Valley Outwash, within North Central Hardwood Forests.
This transition between northern forests and southern farming country includes lakes, wetlands and hardwood woodland. Glacial landforms support a mosaic of open land and wooded areas.
Regional context: North Central Hardwood Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Clearwater intersects 2 county geographies: Stearns County, Wright County. A Clearwater mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Clearwater by land and water
The Census records 0.14 square miles of water within Clearwater, or 7.3% of its total area. It is 1.1 percentage points lower than the 8.4% recorded for Minnesota. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clearwater city has 8.2% of the land area of nearby Clearwater township (21.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

