THE PEMBINA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glacial Lake Agassiz Basin setting.
Pembina township has 64.4 square miles of land in Pembina County. Its Census reference point is in Glacial Lake Agassiz Basin, 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
Pembina and Pembina County
Pembina is associated with Pembina 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.
Pembina by land and water
The Census records 0.37 square miles of water within Pembina, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points higher than the 0.2% recorded for Pembina County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pembina township has 79.8 times the land area of nearby Pembina city (0.81 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

