THE DALE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Dark Brown Prairie setting.
Dale township has 35.5 square miles of land in Burke County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Dark Brown Prairie, 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
Dale and Burke County
Dale is associated with Burke 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.
Dale by land and water
The Census records 0.61 square miles of water within Dale, or 1.7% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 2.2% recorded for Burke County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Dale township has 227.4 times the land area of nearby Lignite city (0.16 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

