THE PROGRESS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Missouri Coteau setting.
Progress township has 34.9 square miles of land in Wells County. Its Census reference point is in Missouri Coteau, within Northwestern Glaciated Plains.
Glaciated plains bridge the wetter eastern prairie and the drier, more broken Great Plains. Numerous prairie potholes and other seasonal or persistent wetlands are characteristic regional landforms.
Regional context: Northwestern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Progress and Wells County
Progress is associated with Wells 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.
Progress by land and water
The Census records 1.06 square miles of water within Progress, or 3% of its total area. It is 1.4 percentage points higher than the 1.5% recorded for Wells County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Progress township has 98.8% of the land area of nearby Haaland township (35.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

