THE CLARK COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Wisconsin Undulating Till Plain setting.
Clark County has 1,209.7 square miles of land in Wisconsin. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Clark County: Central Wisconsin Undulating Till Plain, Glacial Lake Wisconsin Sand Plain, Chippewa Lobe Rocky Ground Moraines, among others.
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
Clark County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Central Wisconsin Undulating Till Plain92.7%
- Glacial Lake Wisconsin Sand Plain5.3%
- Chippewa Lobe Rocky Ground Moraines1.8%
- Blufflands and Coulees0.2%
Northern Lakes and Forests in Clark 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 ↗Driftless Area in Clark County
Deeply cut valleys divide a bedrock plateau with windblown soil on many uplands. Glaciers had less influence here than in neighboring regions, leaving a distinctly hilly landscape.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Clark County
The atlas lists 48 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Clark County, including Foster, Washburn, Beaver. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Clark County by land and water
The Census records 8.97 square miles of water within Clark County, or 0.7% of its total area. That share is close to Clark County’s 0.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Clark County has 448.4 times the land area of nearby Greenwood city (2.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Jackson County, Marathon County, Taylor County, Wood County within Wisconsin. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

