THE WOOD LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sand Hills setting.
Wood Lake village has 0.32 square miles of land in Cherry County. Its Census reference point is in Sand Hills, within Nebraska Sand Hills.
Grass-covered sand dunes form the Sandhills' distinctive rolling landscape. Lakes and wetlands occur in many areas between dunes, while tree cover is limited away from some river corridors.
Regional context: Nebraska Sand Hills ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Wood Lake and Cherry County
Wood Lake is associated with Cherry 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.
Wood Lake by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Wood Lake, or 3.1% of its total area. It is 2.2 percentage points higher than the 0.8% recorded for Cherry County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Wood Lake village has 59.5% of the land area of nearby Johnstown village (0.53 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.