THE OKLAHOMA CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cross Timbers Transition setting.
Oklahoma City city has 607 square miles of land in Canadian County, Cleveland County, Oklahoma County, Pottawatomie County. Its Census reference point is in Cross Timbers Transition, 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. 4 county geographies.
Oklahoma City intersects 4 county geographies: Canadian County, Cleveland County, Oklahoma County, Pottawatomie County. A Oklahoma City mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Oklahoma City by land and water
The Census records 14.3 square miles of water within Oklahoma City, or 2.3% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points higher than the 1.9% recorded for Oklahoma. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Oklahoma City city has 21,678.5 times the land area of nearby Smith Village town (0.03 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

