THE IRON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Winegar Dead Ice Moraine setting.
Iron County has 1,166.1 square miles of land in Michigan. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Iron County: Winegar Dead Ice Moraine, Brule and Paint River Drumlins, Wisconsin/Michigan Pine Barrens.
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
Iron County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Winegar Dead Ice Moraine54.8%
- Brule and Paint River Drumlins35.3%
- Wisconsin/Michigan Pine Barrens9.9%
Finding your parcel within Iron County
The atlas lists 13 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Iron County, including Iron River, Crystal Falls, Stambaugh. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Iron County by land and water
The Census records 45.1 square miles of water within Iron County, or 3.7% of its total area. That share is close to Iron County’s 3.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Iron County has 288.9 times the land area of nearby Amasa CDP (4.04 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Baraga County, Dickinson County, Gogebic County, Houghton County, Marquette County, Ontonagon County within Michigan. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

