Editing Marshall County, South Dakota (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Marshall Co SD Pie Chart No Text Version.pdf|thumb|right|Native vegetation based on NRCS soils information]]
Marshall County lies on the north side of South Dakota. Its north boundary line abuts the south boundary line of the state of [[North Dakota]]. Its terrain consists of rolling hills, with numerous lakes and ponds in the SE portion.<ref name="MCSD">{{Cite web |title=Marshall County · South Dakota |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Marshall+County,+SD/@45.9249994,-97.2340819,4553m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x52cdc5df19fb4845:0x9493b31ba748db7!8m2!3d45.7271214!4d-97.6046235 |access-date=April 27, 2024 |website=Google Maps |language=en}}</ref> Its terrain slopes to the northeast, and its highest point is near its SE corner, at {{convert|2,034|ft|m|abbr=on}} ASL.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm |title="Find an Altitude"  Google Maps (accessed February 6, 2019) |access-date=February 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521043409/https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Marshall County has a total area of {{convert|886|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|838|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|48|sqmi}} (5.4%) is water.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_46.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 28, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> The county is drained by the Crow Creek, a tributary of the [[James River (Dakotas)|James River]], and the [[Wild Rice River (North Dakota)|Wild Rice River]], a tributary of the [[Red River of the North]].<ref>Koopman, F. C. (1957). "Ground water in the Crow Creek-Sand Lake area, Brown and Marshall Counties, South Dakota
" United States Geological Survey Water Supply Paper Series number:1425. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. [https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/wsp1425 USGS website] Retrieved November 18, 2017</ref> A portion of the [[Lake Traverse Indian Reservation]] is located in the eastern part of the county.

===Major highways===
*[[Image:SD 10.svg|20px]] [[South Dakota Highway 10]]
*[[Image:SD 25.svg|20px]] [[South Dakota Highway 25]]
*[[Image:SD 27.svg|20px]] [[South Dakota Highway 27]]

===Protected areas===
* Abraham State Game Production Area
* Aspen Slough State Game Production Area
* Black Slough State Game Production Area
* Bonham State Game Production Area
* Buffalo Lakes State Game Production Area
* Bullhead State Lakeside Use Area
* Cattail State Game Production Area
* Church State Game Production Area
* Clear Lake State Game Production Area
* Clear Lake State Lakeside Use Area
* Douglas State Game Production Area
* Eden State Game Production Area
* Flat Creek State Game Production Area
* [[Fort Sisseton Historic State Park]]
* Fort Sisseton State Game Production Area
* Four Mile-Clubhouse-Barretts State Game Production Area
* Four Mile State Lakeside Use Area
* Hamilton Township State Game Production Area
* Hickman Dam State Game Production Area
* Horeshoe State Game Production Area
* Ivory Tower State Game Production Area
* Knebel State Game Production Area (part)
* Little Cottonwood State Game Production Area
* Lost Lake State Game Production Area
* Nine Mile State Game Production Area
* North Church State Game Production Area
* North Ottertail State Game Production Area
* North Red Iron State Game Production Area
* Renziehausen State Game Production Area (part)
* Rock Crandall State Game Production Area
* Roy Lake State Game Production Area
* [[Roy Lake State Park]]
* Schlosser Memorial State Game Production Area
* [[Sica Hollow State Park]] (part)
* Sorbell State Game Production Area
* South Red Iron State Game Production Area
* Turtlefoot State Game Production Area
* White Lake State Game Production Area

===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Sargent County, North Dakota]] - north
* [[Richland County, North Dakota]] - northeast
* [[Roberts County, South Dakota|Roberts County]] - east
* [[Day County, South Dakota|Day County]] - south
* [[Brown County, South Dakota|Brown County]] - west
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