The Arkansas River running through from the southwestern to the northeastern portion of the county, has on it and on its main tributary, Pawnee Fork, which passes through the central portion of the county and empties into the Arkansas at Larned, a body of bottom land, which makes about 25 per cent of the county. There is also a small tributary of the Arkansas in the northeastern part of the county, and there is Big Coon Creek coming in from the southwest, from Edwards County, emptying into the Arkansas at Garfield. About 1 per cent of the county is forest, by government survey.
Magnesium limestone is found in the northwest part of the county.
There are some indications of coal in the high lands between the Pawnee and Arkansas. The county is well supplied with springs, and well water is obtained at an average depth of 15 feet. The leading varieties of timber are ash, box-elder and elm. Larned Township, including Larned City. . . Total . . . . . . . . . . .