THE GOOSE LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Missouri Coteau setting.
Goose Lake township has 64.1 square miles of land in Charles Mix County. Its Census reference point is in Southern 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
Goose Lake and Charles Mix County
Goose Lake is associated with Charles Mix 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.
Goose Lake by land and water
The Census records 0.43 square miles of water within Goose Lake, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 4 percentage points lower than the 4.6% recorded for Charles Mix County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Goose Lake township has 85.9 times the land area of nearby Lake Andes city (0.75 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

