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Burr Ridge, Illinois

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Downers Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60527. The Survey maps it on the Sag Bridge quadrangle. 11,192 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 702 feet above sea level.

Burr Ridge within DuPage County

Population over time

2 figures

Burr Ridge grew from 10,559 to 11,192 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
201010,559
202011,192+633 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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.

In the county-history sources

3,959 words on this township

History Of Dupage County (1857), published 1857 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Downers Grove Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Downers Grove Township - 3,959 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Burr Ridge: 4 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite. 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
Silbrico Expanded Perilite PlantPerliteProducer
Dolese and Shepard Crushed StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Federal Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Mc Cook Yard No. 387 & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Superior Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wester Springs City Eng.-Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in DuPage County

Storms near this place

8 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burr Ridge in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
July 2023Tornado (EF1)Burr Ridge-This tornado began near 79th and Grant streets in Burr Ridge and continued northeast, crossing into Cook County at the Burr Ridge Village Center, the intersection of Interstates 55 and 294, the southeastern side of the Progress Rail Electro-Motive facility, and into Stickney. Damage along the path of the tornado consisted of snapped trees and tree branches, damage to walls and roofs of homes and businesses, and the movement of shipping containers in industrial areas. One truck driver was injured as his truck was blown over on First Avenue in McCook. The tornado appeared to lift near Veterans Memorial Park in Stickney.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBurr Ridge-Significant roof damage was reported to a condo in Darien which forced everyone to evacuate the building.
May 2014Flash FloodBurr Ridge-Lanes were impassable on I-55 near Route 83. A nearby observer in Lisle measured 1.68 inches of rain in approximately an hour and 45 minutes.
June 2014Flash FloodBurr Ridge-Southbound I-55 was impassable between County Line Road and Kingery Highway with water at least a foot deep causing motorists to use the shoulder. A trained spotter in Woodridge measured 3.30 inches of rain.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBurr Ridge-Large trees were blown down near Route 83 and Interstate 55. A 14 inch diameter tree was blown down between Midway Drive and 79th Street just north of Interstate 55.
June 2011FloodBurr Ridge-Heavy rain caused 4 to 12 inches of standing water on the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 approximately a quarter mile east of Route 83. An observer in nearby Oak Brook measured a storm total rainfall of 2.58 inches.
March 2005HailBurr Ridge-Quarter sized hail was reported at the intersection of 91st St. and Rt. 83.
April 2003HailBurr Ridge-Reported at Route 83 and Interstate 55.

Every storm recorded in DuPage 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
Willowbrook1.7 miles23
Palisades2.6 miles26
Lace2.6 miles23
Hinsdale3.7 miles23
Clarendon Hills3.9 miles23
Westmont4.4 miles23
Darien4.5 miles24
Tedens (historical)4.7 miles26

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 Burr RidgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2671247The 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 421727. 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.

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.