THE MOUNT IDA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Blufflands and Coulees setting.
Mount Ida town has 36.3 square miles of land in Grant 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
Mount Ida and Grant County
Mount Ida is associated with Grant 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.
Mount Ida by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Mount Ida, or 0% of its total area. It is 3 percentage points lower than the 3% recorded for Grant County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mount Ida town has 17.2 times the land area of nearby Fennimore city (2.11 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

