THE BURKE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Atlantic Southern Loam Plains setting.
Burke County has 827 square miles of land in Georgia. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Burke County: Atlantic Southern Loam Plains, Coastal Plain Red Uplands, Sand Hills, among others.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Burke County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Atlantic Southern Loam Plains66.6%
- Coastal Plain Red Uplands20.9%
- Sand Hills9.9%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces2.6%
Finding your parcel within Burke County
The atlas lists 8 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Burke County, including Waynesboro, Girard, Blythe. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Burke County by land and water
The Census records 7.94 square miles of water within Burke County, or 1% of its total area. That share is close to Burke County’s 1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Burke County has 151.1 times the land area of nearby Waynesboro city (5.47 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Emanuel County, Jefferson County, Jenkins County, Richmond County, Screven County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.