THE LAKE MARSHALL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Des Moines Lobe setting.
Lake Marshall township has 28.3 square miles of land in Lyon County. Its Census reference point is in Des Moines Lobe, within Western Corn Belt Plains.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Lake Marshall and Lyon County
Lake Marshall is associated with Lyon 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.
Lake Marshall by land and water
The Census records 0.39 square miles of water within Lake Marshall, or 1.4% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points higher than the 1% recorded for Lyon County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lake Marshall township has 2.7 times the land area of nearby Marshall city (10.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

