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Largest landowners in Wisconsin

The 50 companies, trusts and public agencies that hold the most land in Wisconsin, from county property records.

385,222Largest holding, acres3,050,540Acres on this list72Counties counted

Top 50 by acres held

  1. 1. STATE OF WISCONSIN385,222 ac
    11,652 parcels in 37 counties
  2. 2. MARINETTE COUNTY230,823 ac
    5,437 parcels in 2 counties
  3. 3. DOUGLAS COUNTY FL218,801 ac
    1,315 parcels
  4. 4. BAYFIELD COUNTY176,844 ac
    1,663 parcels
  5. 5. IRON COUNTY175,799 ac
    766 parcels
  6. 6. CLARK COUNTY136,478 ac
    1,062 parcels
  7. 7. LANGLADE COUNTY125,194 ac
    3,209 parcels
  8. 8. JACKSON COUNTY124,040 ac
    1,448 parcels in 2 counties
  9. 9. FOREST CROP SAWYER COUNTY114,743 ac
    1,087 parcels
  10. 10. STATE OF WISCONSIN DNR106,031 ac
    3,168 parcels in 16 counties
  11. 11. STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES88,204 ac
    1,150 parcels in 12 counties
  12. 12. ONEIDA COUNTY83,814 ac
    2,271 parcels
  13. 13. PELICAN RIVER FOREST LLC69,414 ac
    1,728 parcels in 3 counties
  14. 14. DOUGLAS COUNTY66,517 ac
    3,023 parcels
  15. 15. BRULE RIVER LLC66,010 ac
    1,684 parcels in 2 counties
  16. 16. FLAMBEAU RIVER STATE FOREST- WISCONSIN DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES64,198 ac
    385 parcels
  17. 17. WOOD COUNTY57,270 ac
    221 parcels in 2 counties
  18. 18. FUND VIII LAKE NEWCO LLC51,697 ac
    1,313 parcels in 5 counties
  19. 19. STATE DNR50,067 ac
    1,663 parcels
  20. 20. STATE45,978 ac
    1,189 parcels
  21. 21. OCONTO COUNTY40,931 ac
    339 parcels in 2 counties
  22. 22. ASHLAND COUNTY FOREST39,835 ac
    226 parcels
  23. 23. VILAS COUNTY CFL38,559 ac
    681 parcels
  24. 24. COUNTY OF FLORENCE36,544 ac
    463 parcels
  25. 25. CHIPPEWA COUNTY FOREST33,994 ac
    885 parcels
  26. 26. GOODMAN FOREST LLC32,573 ac
    563 parcels in 3 counties
  27. 27. LYME WISCONSIN TIMBERLANDS LLC30,471 ac
    205 parcels in 3 counties
  28. 28. D N R STATE OF WISCONSIN27,653 ac
    902 parcels in 2 counties
  29. 29. TOMAHAWK TIMBERLANDS LLC26,520 ac
    684 parcels in 2 counties
  30. 30. STATE BCPL26,037 ac
    678 parcels
  31. 31. STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPT NATURAL RESOURCES23,707 ac
    668 parcels in 4 counties
  32. 32. WI NORTHERN HIGHLANDS NMTC LLC19,503 ac
    499 parcels
  33. 33. POLK COUNTY17,012 ac
    437 parcels
  34. 34. SAGE TIMBER WISCONSIN LLC15,475 ac
    397 parcels in 2 counties
  35. 35. STATE OF WISCONSIN CONSERVATION COMMISSION15,364 ac
    434 parcels in 9 counties
  36. 36. FOREST COUNTY15,272 ac
    189 parcels
  37. 37. STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPT OF NAT RESOURCES14,616 ac
    530 parcels
  38. 38. NORTHERN STATES POWER CO INC14,579 ac
    565 parcels
  39. 39. GREENLEAF TIMBER HOLDING INC14,527 ac
    375 parcels in 2 counties
  40. 40. STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES13,452 ac
    310 parcels in 5 counties
  41. 41. WIMI FORESTLANDS LLC12,907 ac
    327 parcels in 3 counties
  42. 42. STATE OF WI CONSERVATION COMM12,867 ac
    105 parcels
  43. 43. STATE OF WISCONSIN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC LAND12,512 ac
    208 parcels
  44. 44. WISKHERT CORP12,025 ac
    325 parcels
  45. 45. WISCONSIN STATE DNR11,900 ac
    544 parcels
  46. 46. EAGLE CREEK MIDWEST LLC11,627 ac
    362 parcels in 3 counties
  47. 47. WHISKEY RIVER LAND AND TIMBER LLC11,363 ac
    295 parcels in 4 counties
  48. 48. METEOR TIMBER LLC11,095 ac
    284 parcels in 9 counties
  49. 49. STATE OF WISCONSIN (DNR)10,241 ac
    441 parcels in 2 counties
  50. 50. WISCONSIN NORTHERN HIGHLANDS NMTC LLC10,238 ac
    267 parcels

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Questions

Who is the largest landowner in Wisconsin?

On county property records, STATE OF WISCONSIN holds the most land in Wisconsin: 385,222 acres across 11,652 parcels in 37 counties.

How much land do the largest landowners in Wisconsin hold?

The 50 institutions on this list hold 3,050,540 acres between them. 34 of them are public bodies, such as the state, cities and agencies.

Why are no individuals on this list?

Deedlines ranks companies, trusts held by companies and government agencies only. A public ranking of private people by the land they own would be a list of where they live, so individuals are never ranked.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the assessor files of 72 Wisconsin counties, the same records behind each county's tax roll. Acreage is what the assessor records; a survey can differ, and a company filed under two spellings counts as two names.

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