THE ALCONA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Onaway Moraines setting.
Alcona County has 674.7 square miles of land in Michigan. 5 mapped landscape regions meet across Alcona County: Onaway Moraines, Vanderbilt Moraines, Mio Plateau, among others.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Alcona County intersects 5 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Onaway Moraines52.7%
- Vanderbilt Moraines31.3%
- Mio Plateau10%
- Cheboygan Lake Plain3.1%
- Tawas Lake Plain2.9%
Finding your parcel within Alcona County
The atlas lists 15 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Alcona County, including Mitchell, Mikado, Millen. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Alcona County by land and water
The Census records 1,116 square miles of water within Alcona County, or 62.3% of its total area. That share is close to Alcona County’s 62.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Alcona County has 22.3 times the land area of nearby Harrisville township (30.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Alpena County, Iosco County, Ogemaw County, Oscoda County within Michigan. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.