Buck Hill covers a total land area of 2,049 acres. The area is composed of primarily forest land (deciduous 1,815 acres, evergreen 3.2 acres), wetlands (201 acres), and agricultural lands (14.6 acres). The DFW maintains a wildlife marsh (approximately 30.7 acres), which serves to attract waterfowl, furbearers such as muskrats, and other wetland-dependent birds.