THE NEW DIGGINGS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Savanna Section setting.
New Diggings town has 25.3 square miles of land in Lafayette County. Its Census reference point is in Savanna Section, 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
New Diggings and Lafayette County
New Diggings is associated with Lafayette 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.
New Diggings by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within New Diggings, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 0.2% recorded for Lafayette County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, New Diggings town has 30 times the land area of nearby Benton village (0.84 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

