THE HELENDALE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Beach Ridges and Sand Deltas setting.
Helendale township has 35 square miles of land in Richland County. Its Census reference point is in Beach Ridges and Sand Deltas, within Lake Agassiz Plain.
The former bed of glacial Lake Agassiz forms an exceptionally flat plain in the Red River valley. Thick lake sediments overlie older glacial deposits across this historic prairie landscape.
Regional context: Lake Agassiz Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Helendale and Richland County
Helendale is associated with Richland 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.
Helendale by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Helendale, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 0.7% recorded for Richland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Helendale township has 97.9% of the land area of nearby Sheyenne township (35.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

