THE SLEEPY EYE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Des Moines Lobe setting.
Sleepy Eye city has 1.87 square miles of land in Brown 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
Sleepy Eye and Brown County
Sleepy Eye is associated with Brown 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.
Sleepy Eye by land and water
The Census records 0.27 square miles of water within Sleepy Eye, or 12.4% of its total area. It is 11.3 percentage points higher than the 1.2% recorded for Brown County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sleepy Eye city has 5.5% of the land area of nearby Prairieville township (34.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

