THE WATERSMEET LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Wisconsin Highlands Lakes Country setting.
Watersmeet township has 254.9 square miles of land in Gogebic County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Wisconsin Highlands Lakes Country, 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
Watersmeet and Gogebic County
Watersmeet is associated with Gogebic 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.
Watersmeet by land and water
The Census records 23 square miles of water within Watersmeet, or 8.3% of its total area. It is 17.1 percentage points lower than the 25.4% recorded for Gogebic County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Watersmeet township has 27.7 times the land area of nearby Watersmeet CDP (9.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

