THE KAUKAUNA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lake Michigan Lacustrine Clay Plain setting.
Kaukauna city has 8.27 square miles of land in Calumet County, 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Kaukauna intersects 2 county geographies: Calumet County, Outagamie County. A Kaukauna mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Kaukauna by land and water
The Census records 0.41 square miles of water within Kaukauna, or 4.8% of its total area. It is 12.5 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, Kaukauna city has 56.4% of the land area of nearby Buchanan town (14.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

