THE DALEN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Turtle Mountains setting.
Dalen township has 42.8 square miles of land in Bottineau County. Its Census reference point is in Turtle Mountains, 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
Dalen and Bottineau County
Dalen 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.
Dalen by land and water
The Census records 1.01 square miles of water within Dalen, or 2.3% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points higher 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, Dalen township has 1.2 times the land area of nearby Pickering township (35.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

