THE TRACY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Prairie Coteau Escarpment setting.
Tracy city has 2.4 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
Tracy and Lyon County
Tracy 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.
Tracy by land and water
The Census records 0.05 square miles of water within Tracy, or 1.9% of its total area. It is 0.9 percentage points higher than the 1% recorded for Lyon County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Tracy city has 7.1% of the land area of nearby Monroe township (33.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

