THE BURNSTOWN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Des Moines Lobe setting.
Burnstown township has 34.7 square miles of land in Brown County. Its Census reference point is in Des Moines Lobe, within Western Corn Belt Plains.
Glacial till plains and windblown loess hills make up the Western Corn Belt landscape. Near-level and rolling terrain are interspersed with steeper river valleys and hills.
Regional context: Western Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Burnstown and Brown County
Burnstown is associated with Brown 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.
Burnstown by land and water
The Census records 0.15 square miles of water within Burnstown, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points lower than the 1.2% recorded for Brown County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Burnstown township has 18.5 times the land area of nearby Springfield city (1.88 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

