THE BURKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Missouri Coteau Slope setting.
Burke township has 35.5 square miles of land in Mountrail County. Its Census reference point is in Missouri Coteau Slope, 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
Burke and Mountrail County
Burke is associated with Mountrail 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.
Burke by land and water
The Census records 0.18 square miles of water within Burke, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 5.5 percentage points lower than the 6% recorded for Mountrail County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Burke township has 1 times the land area of nearby Purcell township (35.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

