THE FAULK COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Missouri Coteau setting.
Faulk County has 981.7 square miles of land in South Dakota. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Faulk County: Missouri Coteau, James River Lowland, Drift 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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Faulk County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Missouri Coteau54.7%
- James River Lowland23.9%
- Drift Plains21.4%
Northern Glaciated Plains in Faulk County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Faulk County
The atlas lists 34 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Faulk County, including Myron, Lafoon, Arcade. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Faulk County by land and water
The Census records 24.2 square miles of water within Faulk County, or 2.4% of its total area. That share is close to Faulk County’s 2.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Faulk County has 969.1 times the land area of nearby Faulkton city (1.01 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Brown County, Edmunds County, Hand County, Hyde County, Potter County, Spink County within South Dakota. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

