THE ODESSA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Plains and Breaks setting.
Odessa township has 35.9 square miles of land in Jewell County. Its Census reference point is in Rolling Plains and Breaks, 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
Odessa and Jewell County
Odessa is associated with Jewell 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.
Odessa by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Odessa, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 0.5% recorded for Jewell County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Odessa township has 91% of the land area of nearby Ionia township (39.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

