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Burlingame, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the South San Francisco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94010. It stands on Easton Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Mateo quadrangle. 31,386 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 39 feet above sea level.

Burlingame within San Mateo County

Then and now

1892 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Burlingame, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Burlingame, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

On record in Burlingame

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Burlingame grew from 28,806 to 31,386 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201028,806
202031,386+2,580 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

22 surveys from 43 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

250 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Burlingame between 1992 and 2020, burning about 123 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 22 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined136
Equipment and vehicle use31
Smoking31
Arson/incendiarism22
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Debris and open burning7
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPILARCITOS
7 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2007Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBEL AIRE RD THE_HIGHLAND
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCRYSTAL
28 September 2011Smokingunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Burlingame: 9 past producers, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brumley-Donaldson Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
HilltopCalciumProducer
HilltopCalciumPast Producer
RockawaySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marine Magnes Div.MagnesiteProducer
Marine Magnes Div.MagnesitePast Producer
Marine Magnesium Co. Seawater PlantMagnesiteProducer
CaseyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
CaseyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
H. P. A.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in San Mateo County

Storms near this place

3 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burlingame in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2026: 2 flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2026FloodBurlingame-One lane of northbound Interstate 280 was flooded at Trousdale Drive.
February 2019FloodBurlingame-Approx 3 feet of water on off ramp of I-280 S and Trousdale Dr.
February 2018HailBurlingame-Several reports via social media of small hail around Millbrae/Burlingame. Hail size around or smaller than peas.

Every storm recorded in San Mateo County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hillsborough1.0 miles43
Millbrae1.5 miles43
San Mateo Park1.6 miles43
Hillsborough Park2.0 miles43
San Mateo2.6 miles43
Millbrae Meadows3.0 miles43
Lomita Park3.0 miles43
Hayward Park3.5 miles43

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BurlingameAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q986867The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659704. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.