THE APPLE CREEK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Collapsed Glacial Outwash setting.
Apple Creek township has 33.4 square miles of land in Burleigh County. Its Census reference point is in Collapsed Glacial Outwash, within Northwestern Glaciated Plains.
Glaciated plains bridge the wetter eastern prairie and the drier, more broken Great Plains. Numerous prairie potholes and other seasonal or persistent wetlands are characteristic regional landforms.
Regional context: Northwestern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Apple Creek and Burleigh County
Apple Creek is associated with Burleigh 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.
Apple Creek by land and water
The Census records 0.05 square miles of water within Apple Creek, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 2 percentage points lower than the 2.1% recorded for Burleigh County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Apple Creek township has 13.6 times the land area of nearby Lincoln city (2.46 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

