THE OAK VALLEY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glacial Lake Basins setting.
Oak Valley township has 36 square miles of land in Bottineau 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
Oak Valley and Bottineau County
Oak Valley is associated with Bottineau 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.
Oak Valley by land and water
The Census records 0.09 square miles of water within Oak Valley, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 1.5 percentage points lower than the 1.7% recorded for Bottineau County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Oak Valley township has 27.4 times the land area of nearby Bottineau city (1.32 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

