SOIL SURVEY OF OUTAGAMIE 
COUNTY, WISCONSIN 
CHAPTER I. 
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA. 
Outagamie County is located in the east-central part of Wis¬ 
consin, and covers an area of 646 square miles, or 413,440 acres. 
Viewed from an agricultural standpoint, Outagamie County 
ranks with the foremost of the state. Over 80 per cent of the 
total area is in farms, and more than two-thirds of this is im¬ 
proved land. Several rather large areas of marsh occur in the 
north-western part of the county. Lying between the Em¬ 
barrass, Wolf and Shioc Rivers is a broad, flat stretch of fan ly 
fertile soil, which was principally laid down by these streams 
during seasons of high water. This aiea coveis most of the 
townships of Deer Creek, Maple Creek, Liberty and the west 
part of Cicero. 
