THE PIERCE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Drift Plains setting.
Pierce township has 35 square miles of land in Barnes 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
Pierce and Barnes County
Pierce is associated with Barnes 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.
Pierce by land and water
The Census records 0.17 square miles of water within Pierce, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 1 percentage points lower than the 1.4% recorded for Barnes County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pierce township has 56.3 times the land area of nearby Wimbledon city (0.62 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

