Polk County, WI real estate
Polk County runs along the St. Croix in western Wisconsin, with the county seat at Balsam Lake. The county counts 437 lakes covering about 39 square miles of water, along with some 365 miles of rivers and streams, 98 miles of them trout streams.
Forest covers about 42 percent of the county and agricultural land about 22 percent, according to the county's land and water resource plan. The rest is mostly grassland and wetland, with about 2 percent developed.
Towns in Polk County
Local notes
Three state trails
Three state trails cross the county: the Gandy Dancer north from St. Croix Falls, the Stower Seven Lakes between Amery and Dresser, and the Cattail east from Amery to Almena.
Shoreland rules
Polk County maps shoreland zoning around its lakes and rivers, and the Lower St. Croix Riverway rules add bluff and water setbacks along the river from St. Croix Falls south.
One person from the first showing to the closing table. I'm with you the whole way.
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