THE MARQUETTE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Blufflands and Coulees setting.
Marquette city has 1.86 square miles of land in Clayton County. Its Census reference point is in Blufflands and Coulees, within Driftless Area.
Deeply cut valleys divide a bedrock plateau with windblown soil on many uplands. Glaciers had less influence here than in neighboring regions, leaving a distinctly hilly landscape.
Regional context: Driftless Area ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Marquette and Clayton County
Marquette is associated with Clayton 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.
Marquette by land and water
The Census records 0.07 square miles of water within Marquette, or 3.4% of its total area. It is 1.6 percentage points higher than the 1.8% recorded for Clayton County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Marquette city has 1.4 times the land area of nearby McGregor city (1.29 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

