THE BUCHANAN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lake Michigan Lacustrine Clay Plain setting.
Buchanan town has 14.7 square miles of land in Outagamie County. Its Census reference point is in Lake Michigan Lacustrine Clay 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
Buchanan and Outagamie County
Buchanan is associated with Outagamie 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.
Buchanan by land and water
The Census records 0.38 square miles of water within Buchanan, or 2.5% of its total area. It is 1.4 percentage points higher than the 1.1% recorded for Outagamie County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Buchanan town has 1.8 times the land area of nearby Kaukauna city (8.27 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

