THE CHATFIELD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glacial Lake Deltas setting.
Chatfield township has 35.9 square miles of land in Bottineau County. Its Census reference point is in Glacial Lake Deltas, 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
Chatfield and Bottineau County
Chatfield is associated with Bottineau 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.
Chatfield by land and water
The Census records 0.06 square miles of water within Chatfield, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 1.5 percentage points lower than the 1.7% recorded for Bottineau County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Chatfield township has 99.8% of the land area of nearby Elms township (35.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

