THE PRAIRIE DOG LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rolling Plains and Breaks setting.
Prairie Dog township has 35.8 square miles of land in Decatur 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
Prairie Dog and Decatur County
Prairie Dog is associated with Decatur 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.
Prairie Dog by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Prairie Dog, or 0% of its total area. That share is close to Decatur County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Prairie Dog township has 118.1 times the land area of nearby Selden city (0.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.