THE BURNSIDE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Blufflands and Coulees setting.
Burnside town has 34.8 square miles of land in Trempealeau County. Its Census reference point is in Blufflands and Coulees, within Driftless Area.
Deeply cut valleys divide a bedrock plateau with windblown soil on many uplands. Glaciers had less influence here than in neighboring regions, leaving a distinctly hilly landscape.
Regional context: Driftless Area ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Burnside and Trempealeau County
Burnside is associated with Trempealeau 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.
Burnside by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Burnside, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 1.1 percentage points lower than the 1.2% recorded for Trempealeau County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Burnside town has 96.4% of the land area of nearby Chimney Rock town (36.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

