THE BALFOUR LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Drift Plains setting.
Balfour city has 0.57 square miles of land in McHenry County. Its Census reference point is in Drift Plains, 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
Balfour and McHenry County
Balfour is associated with McHenry 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.
Balfour by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Balfour, or 0% of its total area. It is 2 percentage points lower than the 2% recorded for McHenry County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Balfour city has 1.6% of the land area of nearby Balfour township (34.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

