THE BIG STONE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tewaukon/Big Stone Stagnation Moraine setting.
Big Stone township has 30.6 square miles of land in Big Stone County. Its Census reference point is in Tewaukon/Big Stone Stagnation Moraine, within Northern Glaciated Plains.
Flat to gently rolling glacial terrain supports a prairie transition between taller and shorter grasses. Many temporary and seasonal wetlands occupy depressions left in the glacial landscape.
Regional context: Northern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Big Stone and Big Stone County
Big Stone is associated with Big Stone 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.
Big Stone by land and water
The Census records 3.77 square miles of water within Big Stone, or 11% of its total area. It is 5.5 percentage points higher than the 5.5% recorded for Big Stone County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Big Stone township has 91.5% of the land area of nearby Almond township (33.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

