THE DEVILS LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glacial Lake Basins setting.
Devils Lake city has 6.96 square miles of land in Ramsey County. Its Census reference point is in Glacial Lake Basins, 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
Devils Lake and Ramsey County
Devils Lake is associated with Ramsey 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.
Devils Lake by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Devils Lake, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 8.8 percentage points lower than the 8.9% recorded for Ramsey County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Devils Lake city has 54.4% of the land area of nearby Creel township (12.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

