THE CLARKSTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Dissected Loess Uplands setting.
Clarkston city has 2.06 square miles of land in Asotin County. Its Census reference point is in Dissected Loess Uplands, within Columbia Plateau.
Basalt underlies this dry plateau of grassland and sagebrush. Windblown soils cover some uplands, while ancient flood paths exposed rock across the region's scabland terrain.
Regional context: Columbia Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Clarkston and Asotin County
Clarkston is associated with Asotin 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.
Clarkston by land and water
The Census records 0.17 square miles of water within Clarkston, or 7.8% of its total area. It is 7.1 percentage points higher than the 0.7% recorded for Asotin County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clarkston city has 73.2% of the land area of nearby West Clarkston-Highland CDP (2.81 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

