THE MONROE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Prairie Coteau Escarpment setting.
Monroe township has 33.7 square miles of land in Lyon County. Its Census reference point is in Prairie Coteau Escarpment, within Northern Glaciated Plains.
Flat to gently rolling glacial terrain supports a prairie transition between taller and shorter grasses. Many temporary and seasonal wetlands occupy depressions left in the glacial landscape.
Regional context: Northern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Monroe and Lyon County
Monroe is associated with Lyon 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.
Monroe by land and water
The Census records 0.25 square miles of water within Monroe, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 1% recorded for Lyon County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Monroe township has 14.1 times the land area of nearby Tracy city (2.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

