THE SPRING LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sand Area setting.
Spring Lake township has 62.5 square miles of land in Tazewell County. Its Census reference point is in Sand Area, within Central Corn Belt Plains.
Glaciated plains historically supported tallgrass prairie mixed with oak and hickory woodland. Dark prairie soils and broad farming landscapes distinguish much of the Central Corn Belt.
Regional context: Central Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Spring Lake and Tazewell County
Spring Lake is associated with Tazewell 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.
Spring Lake by land and water
The Census records 3.16 square miles of water within Spring Lake, or 4.8% of its total area. It is 3.1 percentage points higher than the 1.7% recorded for Tazewell County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Spring Lake township has 41.3 times the land area of nearby Manito village (1.51 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.