THE UPPER BURRELL LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Pittsburgh Low Plateau setting.
Upper Burrell township has 15.1 square miles of land in Westmoreland County. Its Census reference point is in Pittsburgh Low Plateau, within Western Allegheny Plateau.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Upper Burrell and Westmoreland County
Upper Burrell is associated with Westmoreland 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.
Upper Burrell by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Upper Burrell, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.8 percentage points lower than the 0.8% recorded for Westmoreland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Upper Burrell township has 1.3 times the land area of nearby Lower Burrell city (11.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

