THE ONTONAGON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lake Superior Clay Plain setting.
Ontonagon township has 193.8 square miles of land in Ontonagon County. Its Census reference point is in Lake Superior Clay Plain, within Northern Lakes and Forests.
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Regional context: Northern Lakes and Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Ontonagon and Ontonagon County
Ontonagon is associated with Ontonagon 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.
Ontonagon by land and water
The Census records 0.7 square miles of water within Ontonagon, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 64.6 percentage points lower than the 65% recorded for Ontonagon County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ontonagon township has 52.6 times the land area of nearby Ontonagon village (3.68 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

