THE MAPLE VALLEY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Saginaw Lake Plain setting.
Maple Valley township has 34.5 square miles of land in Sanilac County. Its Census reference point is in Saginaw Lake Plain, within Huron/Erie Lake Plains.
A broad former lake plain is interrupted by old beach ridges, dunes and glacial moraines. The landscape is mostly low-relief, with important differences between sandy rises and lower ground.
Regional context: Huron/Erie Lake Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Maple Valley and Sanilac County
Maple Valley is associated with Sanilac 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.
Maple Valley by land and water
The Census records 0.05 square miles of water within Maple Valley, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 39.3 percentage points lower than the 39.5% recorded for Sanilac County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Maple Valley township has 30.4 times the land area of nearby Brown City city (1.13 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

