THE PORT AUSTIN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Saginaw Lake Plain setting.
Port Austin township has 16.3 square miles of land in Huron County. Its Census boundary intersects Saginaw Lake Plain, within Huron/Erie Lake Plains.
A broad former lake plain is interrupted by old beach ridges, dunes and glacial moraines. The landscape is mostly low-relief, with important differences between sandy rises and lower ground.
Regional context: Huron/Erie Lake Plains ↗ · Classification from the Census boundary intersection
The Census reference point falls outside the regional layer’s mapped footprint. This classification uses the actual place-boundary intersection, with Saginaw Lake Plain representing its largest mapped overlap. Shorelines and dataset boundaries can differ.
Port Austin and Huron County
Port Austin is associated with Huron 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.
Port Austin by land and water
The Census records 154 square miles of water within Port Austin, or 90.4% of its total area. It is 29.5 percentage points higher than the 60.9% recorded for Huron County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Port Austin township has 12.4 times the land area of nearby Pointe Aux Barques township (1.31 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.