THE BERWICK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glacial Lake Basins setting.
Berwick township has 36.1 square miles of land in McHenry County. Its Census reference point is in Glacial Lake Basins, within Northern Glaciated Plains.
Flat to gently rolling glacial terrain supports a prairie transition between taller and shorter grasses. Many temporary and seasonal wetlands occupy depressions left in the glacial landscape.
Regional context: Northern Glaciated Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Berwick and McHenry County
Berwick is associated with McHenry 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.
Berwick by land and water
The Census records 0.24 square miles of water within Berwick, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 1.3 percentage points lower than the 2% recorded for McHenry County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Berwick township has 99% of the land area of nearby Ness township (36.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

