THE WAUWATOSA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Kettle Moraines setting.
Wauwatosa city has 13.2 square miles of land in Milwaukee 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
Wauwatosa and Milwaukee County
Wauwatosa is associated with Milwaukee 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.
Wauwatosa by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Wauwatosa, or 0% of its total area. It is 79.7 percentage points lower than the 79.7% recorded for Milwaukee County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Wauwatosa city has 4.1 times the land area of nearby Elm Grove village (3.26 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

