THE SILVER LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Missouri Coteau setting.
Silver Lake township has 34.6 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
Silver Lake and Wells County
Silver Lake 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.
Silver Lake by land and water
The Census records 1.45 square miles of water within Silver Lake, or 4% of its total area. It is 2.5 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, Silver Lake township has 98.5% of the land area of nearby Chaseley township (35.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

