THE KEENE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Beach Ridges and Sand Deltas setting.
Keene township has 32.4 square miles of land in Clay County. Its Census reference point is in Beach Ridges and Sand Deltas, within Lake Agassiz Plain.
The former bed of glacial Lake Agassiz forms an exceptionally flat plain in the Red River valley. Thick lake sediments overlie older glacial deposits across this historic prairie landscape.
Regional context: Lake Agassiz Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Keene and Clay County
Keene is associated with Clay 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.
Keene by land and water
The Census records 0.16 square miles of water within Keene, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 0.7% recorded for Clay County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Keene township has 92.7% of the land area of nearby Goose Prairie township (35 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

