THE SOUTHWEST LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glacial Lake Deltas setting.
Southwest township has 36 square miles of land in Sargent County. Its Census reference point is in Glacial Lake Deltas, 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
Southwest and Sargent County
Southwest is associated with Sargent 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.
Southwest by land and water
The Census records 0.09 square miles of water within Southwest, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 1% recorded for Sargent County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Southwest township has 82.7% of the land area of nearby Lovell township (43.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

