THE ORTONVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tewaukon/Big Stone Stagnation Moraine setting.
Ortonville township has 13.4 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
Ortonville and Big Stone County
Ortonville 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.
Ortonville by land and water
The Census records 0.32 square miles of water within Ortonville, or 2.3% of its total area. It is 3.1 percentage points lower 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, Ortonville township has 3.2 times the land area of nearby Ortonville city (4.19 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

