THE EDGAR LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rainwater Basin Plains setting.
Edgar township has 35.9 square miles of land in Clay County. Its Census reference point is in Rainwater Basin Plains, 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
Edgar and Clay County
Edgar 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.
Edgar by land and water
The Census records 0.16 square miles of water within Edgar, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 0.2% recorded for Clay County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Edgar township has 45.4 times the land area of nearby Edgar city (0.79 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

