THE EAU CLAIRE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Wisconsin Undulating Till Plain setting.
Eau Claire County has 637.9 square miles of land in Wisconsin. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Eau Claire County: Central Wisconsin Undulating Till Plain, Blufflands and Coulees.
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
Eau Claire County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Central Wisconsin Undulating Till Plain56.6%
- Blufflands and Coulees43.4%
Driftless Area in Eau Claire 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 Eau Claire County
The atlas lists 20 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Eau Claire County, including Bridge Creek, Lincoln, Pleasant Valley. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Eau Claire County by land and water
The Census records 7.28 square miles of water within Eau Claire County, or 1.1% of its total area. That share is close to Eau Claire County’s 1.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Eau Claire County has 11 times the land area of nearby Lincoln town (57.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Buffalo County, Chippewa County, Clark County, Dunn County, Jackson County, Pepin County, Trempealeau County within Wisconsin. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

