THE BURLINGTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash Plain setting.
Burlington village has 0.76 square miles of land in Calhoun County. Its Census reference point is in Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash Plain, within Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains.
Lakes, marshes and complex glacial deposits create a varied landscape around southern Michigan and northern Indiana. Moraines, beach ridges, dunes, kettles and meltwater channels occur across the region.
Regional context: Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Burlington and Calhoun County
Burlington is associated with Calhoun 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.
Burlington by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Burlington, or 4% of its total area. It is 2.4 percentage points higher than the 1.7% recorded for Calhoun County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Burlington village has 2.1% of the land area of nearby Burlington township (35.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

