THE HORNET LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Forested Lake Plains setting.
Hornet township has 35.3 square miles of land in Beltrami County. Its Census reference point is in Forested Lake Plains, within Northern Minnesota Wetlands.
Former glacial lake basins form nearly level terrain with extensive wetlands and boreal vegetation. Marsh, swamp and forest patterns are central to this northern Minnesota landscape.
Regional context: Northern Minnesota Wetlands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Hornet and Beltrami County
Hornet is associated with Beltrami 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.
Hornet by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Hornet, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 17.9 percentage points lower than the 18% recorded for Beltrami County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hornet township has 46.7 times the land area of nearby Funkley city (0.76 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

