THE BRODHEAD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rock River Drift Plain setting.
Brodhead city has 1.8 square miles of land in Green County, Rock County. Its Census reference point is in Rock River Drift Plain, within Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains.
Glacial till plains support a transition between hardwood forest, oak savanna and prairie landscapes. Rolling farmland and woodland reflect this meeting of ecological regions in southeastern Wisconsin.
Regional context: Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Brodhead intersects 2 county geographies: Green County, Rock County. A Brodhead mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Brodhead by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Brodhead, or 0% of its total area. It is 17.3 percentage points lower than the 17.3% recorded for Wisconsin. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Brodhead city has 5.3% of the land area of nearby Decatur town (34.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

