THE ORION LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Blufflands and Coulees setting.
Orion township has 35.6 square miles of land in Olmsted County. Its Census reference point is in Blufflands and Coulees, within Driftless Area.
Deeply cut valleys divide a bedrock plateau with windblown soil on many uplands. Glaciers had less influence here than in neighboring regions, leaving a distinctly hilly landscape.
Regional context: Driftless Area ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Orion and Olmsted County
Orion is associated with Olmsted 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.
Orion by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Orion, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 0.2% recorded for Olmsted County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Orion township has 13.8 times the land area of nearby Chatfield city (2.59 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

