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.
Population over time
2 figuresBurr 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10,559 | |
| 2020 | 11,192 | +633 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Des Plaines quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1928 USGS Sag Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Sag Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Sag Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Sag Bridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Sag Bridge quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
3,959 words on this townshipHistory 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 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silbrico Expanded Perilite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Dolese and Shepard Crushed Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Federal Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Mc Cook Yard No. 387 & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Superior Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wester Springs City Eng.-Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Tornado (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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burr Ridge | - | Significant roof damage was reported to a condo in Darien which forced everyone to evacuate the building. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Burr 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Burr 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burr 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 2011 | Flood | Burr 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 2005 | Hail | Burr Ridge | - | Quarter sized hail was reported at the intersection of 91st St. and Rt. 83. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Burr Ridge | - | Reported at Route 83 and Interstate 55. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willowbrook | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Palisades | 2.6 miles | 26 | |
| Lace | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Hinsdale | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Clarendon Hills | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Westmont | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Darien | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Tedens (historical) | 4.7 miles | 26 |
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 Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671247 | The 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.











