THE CHATFIELD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Blufflands and Coulees setting.
Chatfield city has 2.59 square miles of land in Fillmore County, Olmsted County. Its Census reference point is in Blufflands and Coulees, within Driftless Area.
Deeply cut valleys divide a bedrock plateau with windblown soil on many uplands. Glaciers had less influence here than in neighboring regions, leaving a distinctly hilly landscape.
Regional context: Driftless Area ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Chatfield intersects 2 county geographies: Fillmore County, Olmsted County. A Chatfield mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Chatfield by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Chatfield, or 0% of its total area. It is 8.4 percentage points lower than the 8.4% recorded for Minnesota. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Chatfield city has 7.6% of the land area of nearby Chatfield township (34.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

