THE CLAYTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Blufflands and Coulees setting.
Clayton town has 68.9 square miles of land in Crawford County. Its Census reference point is in Blufflands and Coulees, within Driftless Area.
Deeply cut valleys divide a bedrock plateau with windblown soil on many uplands. Glaciers had less influence here than in neighboring regions, leaving a distinctly hilly landscape.
Regional context: Driftless Area ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Clayton and Crawford County
Clayton is associated with Crawford 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.
Clayton by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Clayton, or 0% of its total area. It is 4.7 percentage points lower than the 4.7% recorded for Crawford County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clayton town has 18.9 times the land area of nearby Soldiers Grove village (3.65 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

