THE MANDAN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
River Breaks setting.
Mandan city has 13.5 square miles of land in Morton County. Its Census reference point is in River Breaks, within Northwestern Great Plains.
Rolling semiarid plains are punctuated by buttes, badlands and river breaks. Much of the regional terrain developed on sandstone, siltstone and shale without the leveling influence of continental glaciers.
Regional context: Northwestern Great Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Mandan and Morton County
Mandan is associated with Morton 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.
Mandan by land and water
The Census records 0.15 square miles of water within Mandan, or 1.1% of its total area. That share is close to Morton County’s 1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mandan city has 41.7 times the land area of nearby Captain's Landing township (0.32 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

