THE WESSINGTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
James River Lowland setting.
Wessington city has 0.38 square miles of land in Beadle County, Hand County. Its Census reference point is in James River Lowland, 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Wessington intersects 2 county geographies: Beadle County, Hand County. A Wessington mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Wessington by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Wessington, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.7 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, Wessington city has 1.1% of the land area of nearby Wessington township (36 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

