THE PINE GROVE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glacial Lake Wisconsin Sand Plain setting.
Pine Grove town has 37.5 square miles of land in Portage County. Its Census reference point is in Glacial Lake Wisconsin Sand Plain, within North Central Hardwood Forests.
This transition between northern forests and southern farming country includes lakes, wetlands and hardwood woodland. Glacial landforms support a mosaic of open land and wooded areas.
Regional context: North Central Hardwood Forests ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Pine Grove and Portage County
Pine Grove is associated with Portage 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.
Pine Grove by land and water
The Census records 0.21 square miles of water within Pine Grove, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 2.1 percentage points lower than the 2.7% recorded for Portage County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pine Grove town has 7.4 times the land area of nearby Bancroft CDP (5.09 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

