THE LONG LAKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Collapsed Glacial Outwash setting.
Long Lake township has 32.2 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
Long Lake and Burleigh County
Long Lake 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.
Long Lake by land and water
The Census records 3.79 square miles of water within Long Lake, or 10.5% of its total area. It is 8.4 percentage points higher 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, Long Lake township has 89.5% of the land area of nearby Morton township (36 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

