THE SANDY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pittsburgh Low Plateau setting.
Sandy CDP has 1.39 square miles of land in Clearfield County. Its Census reference point is in Pittsburgh Low Plateau, within Western Allegheny Plateau.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Sandy and Clearfield County
Sandy is associated with Clearfield 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.
Sandy by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Sandy, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 0.8% recorded for Clearfield County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sandy CDP has 43.2% of the land area of nearby DuBois city (3.22 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

