THE DE SOTO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Loess Prairies setting.
De Soto city has 1.88 square miles of land in Dallas 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
De Soto and Dallas County
De Soto is associated with Dallas 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.
De Soto by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within De Soto, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Dallas County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, De Soto city has 43.1% of the land area of nearby Van Meter city (4.38 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.