THE PORTERFIELD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Green Bay Till and Lacustrine Plain setting.
Porterfield town has 51.7 square miles of land in Marinette County. Its Census reference point is in Green Bay Till and Lacustrine 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
Porterfield and Marinette County
Porterfield is associated with Marinette 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.
Porterfield by land and water
The Census records 1.66 square miles of water within Porterfield, or 3.1% of its total area. It is 6.6 percentage points lower than the 9.7% recorded for Marinette County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Porterfield town has 92.8% of the land area of nearby Lake town (55.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

