THE BLUE RAPIDS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Flint Hills setting.
Blue Rapids township has 35.8 square miles of land in Marshall County. Its Census reference point is in Flint Hills.
Rolling limestone and shale hills are divided by narrow valleys. The Flint Hills preserve extensive tallgrass-prairie landscapes, with rocky uplands contrasting with the smoother cropland regions nearby.
Regional context: Flint Hills ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Blue Rapids and Marshall County
Blue Rapids 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 by land and water
The Census records 0.12 square miles of water within Blue Rapids, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower 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 township has 18 times the land area of nearby Blue Rapids city (1.99 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.