THE HAZLETON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Drift Plains setting.
Hazleton city has 0.8 square miles of land in Buchanan County. Its Census reference point is in Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Drift Plains, within Western Corn Belt Plains.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Hazleton and Buchanan County
Hazleton is associated with Buchanan 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.
Hazleton by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Hazleton, or 4.8% of its total area. It is 4.4 percentage points higher than the 0.4% recorded for Buchanan County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hazleton city has 16.6% of the land area of nearby Oelwein city (4.81 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

