THE BIG STONE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Minnesota River Prairie setting.
Big Stone township has 31.6 square miles of land in Grant County. Its Census reference point is in Minnesota River 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
Big Stone and Grant County
Big Stone is associated with Grant 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.
Big Stone by land and water
The Census records 2.21 square miles of water within Big Stone, or 6.5% of its total area. It is 5.6 percentage points higher than the 0.9% recorded for Grant County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Big Stone township has 26.4 times the land area of nearby Big Stone City city (1.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

