THE GREEN LAKE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southeastern Wisconsin Savannah and Till Plain setting.
Green Lake County has 349.5 square miles of land in Wisconsin. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Green Lake County: Southeastern Wisconsin Savannah and Till Plain, Central Sand Ridges, Lake Michigan Lacustrine Clay Plain.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Green Lake County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southeastern Wisconsin Savannah and Till Plain77.3%
- Central Sand Ridges12.2%
- Lake Michigan Lacustrine Clay Plain10.5%
North Central Hardwood Forests in Green Lake County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Green Lake County
The atlas lists 17 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Green Lake County, including Green Lake, Princeton, Manchester. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Green Lake County by land and water
The Census records 30.6 square miles of water within Green Lake County, or 8% of its total area. That share is close to Green Lake County’s 8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Green Lake County has 185.7 times the land area of nearby Green Lake city (1.88 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Columbia County, Dodge County, Fond du Lac County, Marquette County, Waushara County, Winnebago County within Wisconsin. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

