THE DOUGLAS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Minnesota/Wisconsin Upland Till Plain setting.
Douglas County has 1,304.3 square miles of land in Wisconsin. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Douglas County: Minnesota/Wisconsin Upland Till Plain, St. Croix Pine Barrens, Lake Superior Clay Plain, among others.
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.
Regional context: Northern Lakes and Forests ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Douglas County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Minnesota/Wisconsin Upland Till Plain51.3%
- St. Croix Pine Barrens24.2%
- Lake Superior Clay Plain23.5%
- Chequamegon Moraines and Outwash Plain0.9%
Finding your parcel within Douglas County
The atlas lists 24 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Douglas County, including Gordon, Summit, Dairyland. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Douglas County by land and water
The Census records 175.4 square miles of water within Douglas County, or 11.9% of its total area. That share is close to Douglas County’s 11.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Douglas County has 27.4 times the land area of nearby Bennett town (47.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Bayfield County, Burnett County, Sawyer County, Washburn County within Wisconsin. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

