THE BAYFIELD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lake Superior Clay Plain setting.
Bayfield town has 89.1 square miles of land in Bayfield County. Its Census reference point is in Lake Superior Clay Plain, within Northern Lakes and Forests.
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Regional context: Northern Lakes and Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Bayfield and Bayfield County
Bayfield is associated with Bayfield 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.
Bayfield by land and water
The Census records 44.8 square miles of water within Bayfield, or 33.5% of its total area. It is 5.9 percentage points higher than the 27.6% recorded for Bayfield County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bayfield town has 1.8 times the land area of nearby Russell town (49.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

