THE BURNETT COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
St. Croix Pine Barrens setting.
Burnett County has 821.6 square miles of land in Wisconsin. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Burnett County: St. Croix Pine Barrens, St. Croix Stagnation Moraines, Minnesota/Wisconsin Upland Till Plain.
Glacial hills, till plains, sandy outwash and old lake basins create a varied northern landscape. Conifer and hardwood forests surround many lakes across these glacially shaped uplands.
Regional context: Northern Lakes and Forests ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Burnett County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- St. Croix Pine Barrens73.1%
- St. Croix Stagnation Moraines21.5%
- Minnesota/Wisconsin Upland Till Plain5.4%
North Central Hardwood Forests in Burnett County
This transition between northern forests and southern farming country includes lakes, wetlands and hardwood woodland. Glacial landforms support a mosaic of open land and wooded areas.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Burnett County
The atlas lists 25 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Burnett County, including West Marshland, Blaine, Anderson. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Burnett County by land and water
The Census records 58.6 square miles of water within Burnett County, or 6.7% of its total area. That share is close to Burnett County’s 6.7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Burnett County has 468.7 times the land area of nearby Webster village (1.75 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Barron County, Douglas County, Polk County, Washburn County within Wisconsin. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

