THE BADGER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Beach Ridges and Sand Deltas setting.
Badger township has 35.6 square miles of land in Polk County. Its Census reference point is in Beach Ridges and Sand Deltas, within Lake Agassiz Plain.
The former bed of glacial Lake Agassiz forms an exceptionally flat plain in the Red River valley. Thick lake sediments overlie older glacial deposits across this historic prairie landscape.
Regional context: Lake Agassiz Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Badger and Polk County
Badger is associated with Polk 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.
Badger by land and water
The Census records 0.5 square miles of water within Badger, or 1.4% of its total area. That share is close to Polk County’s 1.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Badger township has 55.3 times the land area of nearby Erskine city (0.65 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

