THE ST. CLAIR SHORES LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Maumee Lake Plain setting.
St. Clair Shores city has 11.7 square miles of land in Macomb 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
St. Clair Shores and Macomb County
St. Clair Shores is associated with Macomb 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.
St. Clair Shores by land and water
The Census records 2.72 square miles of water within St. Clair Shores, or 18.9% of its total area. It is 2.8 percentage points higher than the 16% recorded for Macomb County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, St. Clair Shores city has 1.2 times the land area of nearby Roseville city (9.84 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

