THE JUNEAU COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glacial Lake Wisconsin Sand Plain setting.
Juneau County has 767.1 square miles of land in Wisconsin. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Juneau County: Glacial Lake Wisconsin Sand 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
Juneau County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Glacial Lake Wisconsin Sand Plain73.6%
- Blufflands and Coulees26.4%
Driftless Area in Juneau 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 Juneau County
The atlas lists 29 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Juneau County, including Necedah, Armenia, Kingston. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Juneau County by land and water
The Census records 38.1 square miles of water within Juneau County, or 4.7% of its total area. That share is close to Juneau County’s 4.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Juneau County has 21.5 times the land area of nearby Clearfield town (35.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Adams County, Columbia County, Jackson County, Monroe County, Sauk County, Vernon County, Wood County within Wisconsin. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

