THE LANCE CREEK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Powder River Basin setting.
Lance Creek CDP has 41.9 square miles of land in Niobrara County. Its Census reference point is in Powder River Basin, within Northwestern Great Plains.
Rolling semiarid plains are punctuated by buttes, badlands and river breaks. Much of the regional terrain developed on sandstone, siltstone and shale without the leveling influence of continental glaciers.
Regional context: Northwestern Great Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Lance Creek and Niobrara County
Lance Creek is associated with Niobrara 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.
Lance Creek by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Lance Creek, or 0% of its total area. That share is close to Niobrara County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lance Creek CDP has 154.2 times the land area of nearby Manville town (0.27 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

