THE BALE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tewaukon/Big Stone Stagnation Moraine setting.
Bale township has 36 square miles of land in Ransom County. Its Census reference point is in Tewaukon/Big Stone Stagnation Moraine, within Northern Glaciated Plains.
Flat to gently rolling glacial terrain supports a prairie transition between taller and shorter grasses. Many temporary and seasonal wetlands occupy depressions left in the glacial landscape.
Regional context: Northern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Bale and Ransom County
Bale is associated with Ransom 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.
Bale by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Bale, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 0.1 percentage points lower than the 0.2% recorded for Ransom County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bale township has 99.7% of the land area of nearby Alleghany township (36.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

