THE BURTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lansing Loamy Plain setting.
Burton city has 23.4 square miles of land in Genesee County. Its Census reference point is in Lansing Loamy 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
Burton and Genesee County
Burton is associated with Genesee 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.
Burton by land and water
The Census records 0.07 square miles of water within Burton, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 1.7 percentage points lower than the 1.9% recorded for Genesee County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Burton city has 69.8% of the land area of nearby Flint city (33.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

