THE SILVER CREEK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Flint Hills setting.
Silver Creek township has 36 square miles of land in Cowley County. Its Census reference point is in Flint Hills.
Rolling limestone and shale hills are divided by narrow valleys. The Flint Hills preserve extensive tallgrass-prairie landscapes, with rocky uplands contrasting with the smoother cropland regions nearby.
Regional context: Flint Hills ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Silver Creek and Cowley County
Silver Creek is associated with Cowley County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Silver Creek by land and water
The Census records 0.08 square miles of water within Silver Creek, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Cowley County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Silver Creek township has 69.7 times the land area of nearby Burden city (0.52 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.