THE LYON CHARTER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Interlobate Dead Ice Moraines setting.
Lyon charter township has 31 square miles of land in Oakland County. Its Census reference point is in Interlobate Dead Ice Moraines, 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
Lyon charter and Oakland County
Lyon charter is associated with Oakland 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.
Lyon charter by land and water
The Census records 0.78 square miles of water within Lyon charter, or 2.4% of its total area. It is 1.9 percentage points lower than the 4.4% recorded for Oakland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lyon charter township has 8.3 times the land area of nearby South Lyon city (3.74 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

