Lincoln County

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Land Affordability

Source: LandWatch snapshot from June 12, 2026. LandWatch county page snapshot. Active listing count is from the county page title/metadata; medianAcrePrice is the median asking price per acre from visible page listing data (17 nonzero sampled listings), not a full-market median or appraisal.

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Population Context

Population uses 2024 U.S. Census county estimates. Density is computed from county land area in the imported GeoJSON boundary data.

Water and Septic

Climate, Utilities, and Access

Public land source: USGS PAD-US Manager Type GIS layer snapshot from 2026. County-clipped GIS estimate using PAD-US 4.1 manager type records for Minnesota. Includes federal, state, local, and district-managed polygons; excludes tribal, NGO, and private-managed records. This is a discovery-level public/protected lands estimate, not a parcel-level access determination. Sample matched labels: Altona State Wildlife Management Area; Anderson Lake State Wildlife Management Area; Antler State Wildlife Management Area; Archerville State Wildlife Management Area; Ash Lake State Wildlife Management Area; Benton Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Lincoln); Blue Wing State Wildlife Management Area; Bohemian State Wildlife Management Area; Boone Slough State Wildlife Management Area; Bosque State Wildlife Management Area; Bossuyt State Wildlife Management Area; Chain-O-Sloughs State Wildlife Management Area; Chen Bay State Wildlife Management Area; Christine State Wildlife Management Area; Clare Johnson State Wildlife Management Area; Colinoso State Wildlife Management Area; Collaris State Wildlife Management Area; Collinson State Wildlife Management Area; Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program; Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program I Easement; Coon Creek State Wildlife Management Area; Coot State Wildlife Management Area; Coteau Pit State Wildlife Management Area; Dead Coon Marshes State Wildlife Management Area; Deuel County Waterfowl Production Area; Discors State Wildlife Management Area; Emerald State Wildlife Management Area; Expectation State Wildlife Management Area; Hansonville State Wildlife Management Area; Hawks Nest State Wildlife Management Area; Hendricks State Wildlife Management Area; Herschberger State Wildlife Management Area; Hole-In-Mountain State Wildlife Management Area; Hope State Wildlife Management Area; Horse Slough State Wildlife Management Area; Iron Horse State Wildlife Management Area; Ivanhoe State Wildlife Management Area; Kvernmo State Wildlife Management Area; Legacy State Wildlife Management Area; Lincoln County Waterfowl Production Area; Lyon County Waterfowl Production Area; Marginal Cropland - Perpetual; Marshfield State Wildlife Management Area; Minn-kota State Wildlife Management Area; Muldental State Wildlife Management Area; Muskrat Junction State Wildlife Management Area; Norgaard State Wildlife Management Area; Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge; Pato State Wildlife Management Area; Permanent Wetland Preserve; Platyrchnchos State Wildlife Management Area; Poposki State Wildlife Management Area; Pothole State Wildlife Management Area; Prairie Dell State Wildlife Management Area; RIM Reserve Easement 41-01-07-02- -; RIM Reserve Easement 41-23-01-01- -; Reinvest in Minnesota Reserve Partnership Easement; Reinvest in Minnesota Wetlands Reserve Program; Richard J. Dorer State Wildlife Management Area; Rogge State Wildlife Management Area; Rost State Wildlife Management Area; Salix State Wildlife Management Area; Schindel State Wildlife Management Area; Shaokatan State Wildlife Management Area; Sioux Lookout State Wildlife Management Area; Sokota State Wildlife Management Area; Spanton State Wildlife Management Area; Stay Lake State Aquatic Management Area (Lincoln); Suhr State Wildlife Management Area; Ten Sloughs State Wildlife Management Area; Thostenson State Wildlife Management Area; Two Sloughs State Wildlife Management Area; Tyler State Wildlife Management Area; Weeks State Wildlife Management Area; Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), Lincoln, MN.

Broadband source: Census Reporter ACS 2024 5-year table B28002 snapshot from 2024. Broadband score is a county-level ACS household broadband subscription proxy, not parcel-level service availability. Score is based on the percentage of households with broadband of any type.

Solar source: NASA POWER 2001-2020 solar irradiance climatology for 2001-2020. County-centroid solar proxy using NASA POWER ALLSKY_SFC_SW_DWN annual all-sky surface shortwave downward irradiance. This is a county-level solar resource estimate, not a parcel-level PV design study.

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Red Flags

• do not treat this Minnesota source pass as parcel approval
• verify county and local zoning, building permits, septic, well or public-water availability, DNR public-waters permits, wetlands, shoreland zoning, floodplain zoning, legal access, covenants, easements, lake-association rules, and subdivision restrictions before buying land

Research Status

This profile is currently marked partially sourced. It is ready for county comparison and early research, but legal claims and parcel-specific decisions should still be verified against county code, planning offices, and local experts.

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