Clearwater Kansas Map

About Clearwater, Kansas

Clearwater is a locality in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,653. The population density is 528.8 people per km². Clearwater is located at 37.5028°N, 97.5045°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Clearwater is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67026.

Clearwater holds its place upon the vast, level expanse of the Kansas plains, where the sky claims a dominance that reduces all architecture to a mere footnote against the horizon. It lies 9.4 miles west-southwest of Haysville, KS (from Haysville, KS: bearing 243°T), and is situated 16.0 miles southwest of Wichita. The Ninnescah River traces a quiet, winding path just one mile away, its banks lined with the silver-leafed cottonwoods that lean toward the water as if listening to the steady, rhythmic pulse of the earth. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the land stretches toward the Wichita Prairies, a expanse of grass and light that shifts color from a pale, sun-bleached gold in the heat of summer to a deep, dormant bronze when the frost descends. Even the air here carries a specific weight, clean and sharpened by a constant, restless wind that seems to scour the flat topography of any pretense, leaving only the honest, unvarnished truth of the soil.

Agriculture serves as the fundamental anchor for Clearwater, drawing its life from the fertile, dark loam that has defined the regional economy since the first settlers pressed their plows into the sod. Local history remains tethered to the cycles of the harvest, a tradition that persists in the steady work of the grain elevators and the quiet persistence of family-run operations that occupy the surrounding fields. While the pace of life remains deliberate and grounded, the proximity of the Freeman Soccer Fields eight miles away brings a different kind of energy, where the competitive spirit of the youth momentarily disrupts the silence of the countryside. Residents often look toward the quiet surface of Wattles Lake, four miles from the center, where the stillness of the water mirrors the unchanging nature of the surrounding landscape, offering a place of reflection in a world defined by the unrelenting movement of the seasons.

About This Clearwater Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clearwater, Kansas. Coordinates: 37.502796, -97.504492. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Clearwater includes the ZIP code (67026), telephone area code (785), county seat of Sedgwick County (Wichita), and school district assignment (Clearwater Unified School District 264).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.