THE SUSSEX LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Kettle Moraines setting.
Sussex village has 8.45 square miles of land in Waukesha County. Its Census reference point is in Kettle Moraines, 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
Sussex and Waukesha County
Sussex is associated with Waukesha 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.
Sussex by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Sussex, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 4.8 percentage points lower than the 5.3% recorded for Waukesha County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Sussex village has 32.1% of the land area of nearby Lisbon village (26.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

