THE ONEIDA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Wisconsin Highlands Lakes Country setting.
Oneida County has 1,113.9 square miles of land in Wisconsin. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Oneida County: Northern Wisconsin Highlands Lakes Country, Chippewa Lobe Rocky Ground Moraines, Brule and Paint River Drumlins, 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
Oneida County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Wisconsin Highlands Lakes Country94.2%
- Chippewa Lobe Rocky Ground Moraines3.7%
- Brule and Paint River Drumlins1.1%
- Perkinstown End Moraines1.1%
Finding your parcel within Oneida County
The atlas lists 25 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Oneida County, including Minocqua, Sugar Camp, Three Lakes. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Oneida County by land and water
The Census records 122.6 square miles of water within Oneida County, or 9.9% of its total area. That share is close to Oneida County’s 9.9%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Oneida County has 14.1 times the land area of nearby Newbold town (78.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Forest County, Langlade County, Lincoln County, Price County, Vilas County within Wisconsin. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

