THE BURKE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southeastern Wisconsin Savannah and Till Plain setting.
Burke town has 13.8 square miles of land in Dane County. Its Census reference point is in Southeastern Wisconsin Savannah and Till Plain, within Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains.
Glacial till plains support a transition between hardwood forest, oak savanna and prairie landscapes. Rolling farmland and woodland reflect this meeting of ecological regions in southeastern Wisconsin.
Regional context: Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Burke and Dane County
Burke is associated with Dane 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 0.12 square miles of water within Burke, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 2.5 percentage points lower than the 3.3% recorded for Dane County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Burke town has 19.7 times the land area of nearby Maple Bluff village (0.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

