THE PLAINFIELD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Missouri Coteau setting.
Plainfield township has 35.5 square miles of land in Brule 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
Plainfield and Brule County
Plainfield is associated with Brule 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.
Plainfield by land and water
The Census records 0.06 square miles of water within Plainfield, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 3.3 percentage points lower than the 3.5% recorded for Brule County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Plainfield township has 98.6% of the land area of nearby White Lake township (36 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

