THE OGEMAW COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Mio Plateau setting.
Ogemaw County has 563.5 square miles of land in Michigan. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Ogemaw County: Mio Plateau, Tawas Lake Plain.
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
Ogemaw County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Mio Plateau75%
- Tawas Lake Plain25%
Finding your parcel within Ogemaw County
The atlas lists 19 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Ogemaw County, including Foster, Rose, Ogemaw. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Ogemaw County by land and water
The Census records 11.4 square miles of water within Ogemaw County, or 2% of its total area. That share is close to Ogemaw County’s 2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ogemaw County has 16.6 times the land area of nearby West Branch township (34 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Alcona County, Arenac County, Crawford County, Gladwin County, Iosco County, Oscoda County, Roscommon County within Michigan. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

