THE LA PLUME LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau setting.
La Plume township has 2.44 square miles of land in Lackawanna County. Its Census reference point is in Glaciated Low Allegheny Plateau, within Northern Allegheny Plateau.
Rolling hills, broad valleys and low mountains are mantled by glacial deposits. Sandstone, shale and siltstone underlie a mix of open land and woodland across the northern plateau.
Regional context: Northern Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
La Plume and Lackawanna County
La Plume is associated with Lackawanna 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.
La Plume by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within La Plume, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 1.2 percentage points lower than the 1.3% recorded for Lackawanna County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, La Plume township has 3.2 times the land area of nearby Factoryville borough (0.76 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.