THE PICKEREL LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Drift Plains setting.
Pickerel Lake township has 34.9 square miles of land in Freeborn County. Its Census reference point is in Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Drift Plains, 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
Pickerel Lake and Freeborn County
Pickerel Lake is associated with Freeborn 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.
Pickerel Lake by land and water
The Census records 0.77 square miles of water within Pickerel Lake, or 2.2% of its total area. That share is close to Freeborn County’s 2.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pickerel Lake township has 268.2 times the land area of nearby Conger city (0.13 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

