THE CLIFTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lower St. Croix and Vermillion Valleys setting.
Clifton town has 34.1 square miles of land in Pierce County. Its Census reference point is in Lower St. Croix and Vermillion Valleys, within Western Corn Belt Plains.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Clifton and Pierce County
Clifton is associated with Pierce 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.
Clifton by land and water
The Census records 1.38 square miles of water within Clifton, or 3.9% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points higher than the 3.2% recorded for Pierce County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clifton town has 12 times the land area of nearby Prescott city (2.83 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

