THE BLUE RAPIDS CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess and Glacial Drift Hills setting.
Blue Rapids City township has 35.5 square miles of land in Marshall County. Its Census reference point is in Loess and Glacial Drift Hills, 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
Blue Rapids City and Marshall County
Blue Rapids City is associated with Marshall 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.
Blue Rapids City by land and water
The Census records 0.46 square miles of water within Blue Rapids City, or 1.3% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points higher than the 0.5% recorded for Marshall County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Blue Rapids City township has 17.9 times the land area of nearby Blue Rapids city (1.99 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

