THE BURLEY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Magic Valley setting.
Burley city has 6.76 square miles of land in Cassia County, Minidoka County. Its Census reference point is in Magic Valley, within Snake River Plain.
The Snake River Plain is lower and gentler than its surrounding mountains. Alluvial valleys, sagebrush-covered plains, low hills and scattered lava fields form its principal landscape patterns.
Regional context: Snake River Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Burley intersects 2 county geographies: Cassia County, Minidoka County. A Burley mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Burley by land and water
The Census records 0.33 square miles of water within Burley, or 4.7% of its total area. It is 3.5 percentage points higher than the 1.1% recorded for Idaho. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Burley city has 2.6 times the land area of nearby Heyburn city (2.61 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

