THE CHIPPEWA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Wisconsin Undulating Till Plain setting.
Chippewa County has 1,008.4 square miles of land in Wisconsin. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Chippewa County: Central Wisconsin Undulating Till Plain, Chippewa Lobe Rocky Ground Moraines, Blue Hills.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Chippewa County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Central Wisconsin Undulating Till Plain55.6%
- Chippewa Lobe Rocky Ground Moraines27.7%
- Blue Hills16.7%
Northern Lakes and Forests in Chippewa County
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Chippewa County
The atlas lists 35 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Chippewa County, including Colburn, Sampson, Eagle Point. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Chippewa County by land and water
The Census records 32.8 square miles of water within Chippewa County, or 3.2% of its total area. That share is close to Chippewa County’s 3.2%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Chippewa County has 1,664.1 times the land area of nearby Jim Falls CDP (0.61 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Barron County, Clark County, Dunn County, Eau Claire County, Rusk County, Taylor County within Wisconsin. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

