THE BUCHANAN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Drift Plains setting.
Buchanan township has 33.9 square miles of land in Stutsman 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
Buchanan and Stutsman County
Buchanan is associated with Stutsman 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.
Buchanan by land and water
The Census records 1.97 square miles of water within Buchanan, or 5.5% of its total area. It is 2.2 percentage points higher than the 3.3% recorded for Stutsman County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Buchanan township has 445.4 times the land area of nearby Buchanan city (0.08 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

