THE STURGEON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Forested Lake Plains setting.
Sturgeon township has 37 square miles of land in St. Louis County. Its Census reference point is in Forested Lake Plains, within Northern Minnesota Wetlands.
Former glacial lake basins form nearly level terrain with extensive wetlands and boreal vegetation. Marsh, swamp and forest patterns are central to this northern Minnesota landscape.
Regional context: Northern Minnesota Wetlands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Sturgeon and St. Louis County
Sturgeon is associated with St. Louis 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.
Sturgeon by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Sturgeon, or 0% of its total area. It is 8.9 percentage points lower than the 8.9% recorded for St. Louis County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sturgeon township has 1 times the land area of nearby Morcom township (35.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

