THE BELLE PLAINE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Loess Prairies setting.
Belle Plaine city has 3.18 square miles of land in Benton County. Its Census reference point is in Rolling Loess Prairies, within Western Corn Belt Plains.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Belle Plaine and Benton County
Belle Plaine is associated with Benton 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.
Belle Plaine by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Belle Plaine, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 0.3% recorded for Benton County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Belle Plaine city has 24.1 times the land area of nearby Luzerne city (0.13 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

