THE HAM LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Anoka Sand Plain and Mississippi Valley Outwash setting.
Ham Lake city has 34.4 square miles of land in Anoka County. Its Census reference point is in Anoka Sand Plain and Mississippi Valley Outwash, within North Central Hardwood Forests.
This transition between northern forests and southern farming country includes lakes, wetlands and hardwood woodland. Glacial landforms support a mosaic of open land and wooded areas.
Regional context: North Central Hardwood Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Ham Lake and Anoka County
Ham Lake is associated with Anoka 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.
Ham Lake by land and water
The Census records 1.45 square miles of water within Ham Lake, or 4% of its total area. It is 1.4 percentage points lower than the 5.4% recorded for Anoka County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ham Lake city has 76.7% of the land area of nearby Columbus city (44.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

