THE PONCA CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Prairie Tableland setting.
Ponca City city has 18.2 square miles of land in Kay County. Its Census reference point is in Prairie Tableland, 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
Ponca City and Kay County
Ponca City is associated with Kay 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.
Ponca City by land and water
The Census records 1.23 square miles of water within Ponca City, or 6.3% of its total area. It is 3.7 percentage points higher than the 2.7% recorded for Kay County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ponca City city has 4.2 times the land area of nearby McCord CDP (4.37 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

