THE WISHEK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Missouri Coteau Slope setting.
Wishek city has 1.44 square miles of land in McIntosh County. Its Census reference point is in Missouri Coteau Slope, 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
Wishek and McIntosh County
Wishek is associated with McIntosh 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.
Wishek by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Wishek, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 1.4 percentage points lower than the 2% recorded for McIntosh County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Wishek city has 7.5 times the land area of nearby Lehr city (0.19 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

