THE BUENA VISTA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Blufflands and Coulees setting.
Buena Vista town has 41.2 square miles of land in Richland County. Its Census reference point is in Blufflands and Coulees, within Driftless Area.
Deeply cut valleys divide a bedrock plateau with windblown soil on many uplands. Glaciers had less influence here than in neighboring regions, leaving a distinctly hilly landscape.
Regional context: Driftless Area ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Buena Vista and Richland County
Buena Vista is associated with Richland 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.
Buena Vista by land and water
The Census records 0.95 square miles of water within Buena Vista, or 2.2% of its total area. It is 1.7 percentage points higher than the 0.5% recorded for Richland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Buena Vista town has 103.6 times the land area of nearby Gotham CDP (0.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

