THE GOLDEN LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Drift Plains setting.
Golden Lake township has 34.8 square miles of land in Steele 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
Golden Lake and Steele County
Golden Lake is associated with Steele 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.
Golden Lake by land and water
The Census records 1.16 square miles of water within Golden Lake, or 3.2% of its total area. It is 2.8 percentage points higher than the 0.5% recorded for Steele County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Golden Lake township has 96.9% of the land area of nearby Sherbrooke township (36 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

