THE SIOUX FALLS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Loess Prairies setting.
Sioux Falls city has 84.5 square miles of land in Lincoln County, Minnehaha County. Its Census reference point is in Loess Prairies, within Western Corn Belt Plains.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Sioux Falls intersects 2 county geographies: Lincoln County, Minnehaha County. A Sioux Falls mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Sioux Falls by land and water
The Census records 0.54 square miles of water within Sioux Falls, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 1.1 percentage points lower than the 1.7% recorded for South Dakota. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sioux Falls city has 480.4 times the land area of nearby Pine Lakes Addition CDP (0.18 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

