THE FORT BENTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
North Central Brown Glaciated Plains setting.
Fort Benton city has 2.3 square miles of land in Chouteau County. Its Census reference point is in North Central Brown Glaciated Plains, within Northwestern Glaciated Plains.
Glaciated plains bridge the wetter eastern prairie and the drier, more broken Great Plains. Numerous prairie potholes and other seasonal or persistent wetlands are characteristic regional landforms.
Regional context: Northwestern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Fort Benton and Chouteau County
Fort Benton is associated with Chouteau 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.
Fort Benton by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Fort Benton, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Chouteau County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fort Benton city has 66.8% of the land area of nearby Loma CDP (3.44 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

