THE NORTH STAR LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Dark Brown Prairie setting.
North Star township has 39.9 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
North Star and Burke County
North Star 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.
North Star by land and water
The Census records 0.55 square miles of water within North Star, or 1.4% of its total area. It is 0.9 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, North Star township has 76.1% of the land area of nearby Minnesota township (52.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.