THE FORKS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated High Allegheny Plateau setting.
Forks township has 43.4 square miles of land in Sullivan County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated High Allegheny Plateau, within North Central Appalachians.
Forest-covered plateau surfaces, high hills and low mountains are underlain by layered sedimentary rocks. Most of this region escaped continental glaciation, leaving deeply cut upland terrain.
Regional context: North Central Appalachians ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Forks and Sullivan County
Forks is associated with Sullivan 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.
Forks by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Forks, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Sullivan County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Forks township has 27.6 times the land area of nearby Forksville borough (1.57 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

