THE PLUM CREEK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Rainwater Basin Plains setting.
Plum Creek township has 35.8 square miles of land in Butler County. Its Census reference point is in Rainwater Basin Plains, within Central Great Plains.
These plains are lower and somewhat more irregular than the High Plains to the west. Their grassland setting includes rolling terrain and a transition toward greater rainfall in the east.
Regional context: Central Great Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Plum Creek and Butler County
Plum Creek is associated with Butler 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.
Plum Creek by land and water
The Census records 0.17 square miles of water within Plum Creek, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 1% recorded for Butler County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Plum Creek township has 148.4 times the land area of nearby Dwight village (0.24 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

