THE LIGNITE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Dark Brown Prairie setting.
Lignite city has 0.16 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
Lignite and Burke County
Lignite 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.
Lignite by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Lignite, or 0% of its total area. It is 2.2 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, Lignite city has 0.4% of the land area of nearby Vale township (34.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

