THE BELLE PLAINE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Prairie Tableland setting.
Belle Plaine township has 40.4 square miles of land in Sumner County. Its Census reference point is in Prairie Tableland, within Central Great Plains.
These plains are lower and somewhat more irregular than the High Plains to the west. Their grassland setting includes rolling terrain and a transition toward greater rainfall in the east.
Regional context: Central Great Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Belle Plaine and Sumner County
Belle Plaine is associated with Sumner 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 0.28 square miles of water within Belle Plaine, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points higher than the 0.3% recorded for Sumner County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Belle Plaine township has 48.7 times the land area of nearby Belle Plaine city (0.83 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

