THE WOOD LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Des Moines Lobe setting.
Wood Lake township has 34.5 square miles of land in Yellow Medicine 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
Wood Lake and Yellow Medicine County
Wood Lake is associated with Yellow Medicine 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.
Wood Lake by land and water
The Census records 0.74 square miles of water within Wood Lake, or 2.1% of its total area. It is 1.5 percentage points higher than the 0.5% recorded for Yellow Medicine County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Wood Lake township has 45.7 times the land area of nearby Wood Lake city (0.75 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

