THE PINE ISLAND LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rochester/Paleozoic Plateau Upland setting.
Pine Island city has 6.2 square miles of land in Goodhue County, Olmsted County. Its Census reference point is in Rochester/Paleozoic Plateau Upland, 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.
Pine Island intersects 2 county geographies: Goodhue County, Olmsted County. A Pine Island mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Pine Island by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Pine Island, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 7.9 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, Pine Island city has 19.3% of the land area of nearby Pine Island township (32.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

