THE PORTSMOUTH CHARTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Saginaw Lake Plain setting.
Portsmouth charter township has 20 square miles of land in Bay County. Its Census reference point is in 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 at the Census reference point
Portsmouth charter and Bay County
Portsmouth charter is associated with Bay 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.
Portsmouth charter by land and water
The Census records 0.17 square miles of water within Portsmouth charter, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 29 percentage points lower than the 29.9% recorded for Bay County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Portsmouth charter township has 2 times the land area of nearby Bay City city (10.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.