THE MCHENRY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Kettle Moraines setting.
McHenry city has 15 square miles of land in McHenry County. Its Census reference point is in Kettle Moraines, within Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains.
Glacial till plains support a transition between hardwood forest, oak savanna and prairie landscapes. Rolling farmland and woodland reflect this meeting of ecological regions in southeastern Wisconsin.
Regional context: Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
McHenry and McHenry County
McHenry is associated with McHenry 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.
McHenry by land and water
The Census records 0.42 square miles of water within McHenry, or 2.7% of its total area. It is 1.5 percentage points higher than the 1.3% recorded for McHenry County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, McHenry city has 43.3 times the land area of nearby McCullom Lake village (0.35 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

