THE RIGA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Maumee Lake Plain setting.
Riga township has 40.9 square miles of land in Lenawee County. Its Census reference point is in Maumee 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
Riga and Lenawee County
Riga is associated with Lenawee 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.
Riga by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Riga, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.5 percentage points lower than the 1.5% recorded for Lenawee County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Riga township has 18.2 times the land area of nearby Blissfield village (2.25 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

