THE MARION LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Drift Plains setting.
Marion city has 0.84 square miles of land in LaMoure 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
Marion and LaMoure County
Marion is associated with LaMoure 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.
Marion by land and water
The Census records 0.17 square miles of water within Marion, or 16.6% of its total area. It is 16.2 percentage points higher than the 0.4% recorded for LaMoure County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Marion city has 2.4% of the land area of nearby Sheridan township (34.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

