THE SCOTTSBURG LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pre-Wisconsinan Drift Plains setting.
Scottsburg city has 5.54 square miles of land in Scott County. Its Census reference point is in Pre-Wisconsinan Drift Plains, within Eastern Corn Belt Plains.
Rolling glacial till plains are interrupted by end moraines and areas of older, more dissected deposits. The historical landscape had more tree cover than the Central Corn Belt to the west.
Regional context: Eastern Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Scottsburg and Scott County
Scottsburg is associated with Scott 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.
Scottsburg by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Scottsburg, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.8 percentage points lower than the 1.2% recorded for Scott County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Scottsburg city has 13.8% of the land area of nearby Vienna township (40.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

