THE PILOT MOUND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Drift Plains setting.
Pilot Mound township has 36.1 square miles of land in Griggs 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
Pilot Mound and Griggs County
Pilot Mound is associated with Griggs 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.
Pilot Mound by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Pilot Mound, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 1.1% recorded for Griggs County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pilot Mound township has 1 times the land area of nearby Willow township (34.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

