THE PLAINVIEW LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rochester/Paleozoic Plateau Upland setting.
Plainview city has 2.14 square miles of land in Wabasha 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
Plainview and Wabasha County
Plainview is associated with Wabasha 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.
Plainview by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Plainview, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 4.7 percentage points lower than the 4.8% recorded for Wabasha County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Plainview city has 6.4% of the land area of nearby Plainview township (33.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

