THE BURKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Inner Piedmont setting.
Burke CDP has 8.61 square miles of land in Fairfax County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Inner Piedmont, within Piedmont.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Burke and Fairfax County
Burke is associated with Fairfax 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.
Burke by land and water
The Census records 0.11 square miles of water within Burke, or 1.2% of its total area. It is 2.6 percentage points lower than the 3.8% recorded for Fairfax County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Burke CDP has 1.8 times the land area of nearby West Springfield CDP (4.81 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

