THE SCANDIA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Black Prairie setting.
Scandia township has 43.9 square miles of land in Bottineau County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Black Prairie, 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
Scandia and Bottineau County
Scandia 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.
Scandia by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Scandia, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.7 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, Scandia township has 448 times the land area of nearby Souris city (0.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

