Burden, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Silver Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67019. The Survey maps it on the Burden quadrangle. 512 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,381 feet above sea level.
On record in Burden
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 1 record
- Weigle Barnlisted 2016
Population over time
2 figuresBurden fell from 535 to 512 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 | 535 | |
| 2020 | 512 | -23 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Burden quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Burden quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Burden between 2015 and 2018, burning about 130 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cowley County | 114 |
| 29 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 201824 |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 85 |
| 4 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 57 |
| 8 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Cowley County | 2017016 |
| 12 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Cowley County | 50 |
| 10 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 53 |
| 6 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cowley County | 31 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 65 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burden in 65 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 39 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Burden | $500,000 | Minor damage inflicted to a few homes on south side of Burden. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | $35,000 | A tree was blown onto a house causing damage to the house. Also several power poles were blown down. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | $5,000 | Power lines were reported down just east of Burden. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | $5,000 | A tree with an 8-inch diameter trunk was uprooted. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Burden | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | $200 | Some tree limbs were downed. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | Law enforcement reported multiple trees and powerlines down throughout town. There was damage to a public works facility outbuilding and garage as well which was relayed via pictures sent by emergency management. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | Law enforcement estimated winds up to 70 mph. Tree damage was reported across town. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Burden | - | Mostly nickel sized hail with a few larger stones mixed in. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Burden | - | A road was flooded near New Salem which is just south of Timber Creek Lake. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Burden | - | Tree damage was noted along the path. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | The gust occurred at Winfield City Lake. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | No damage was reported. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | A 72 mph wind gust reported at Central Schools. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | Wind report was estimated. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Burden | - | The time was based on radar. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Burden | - | Significant flooding occurred at a low-water crossing near Burden. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Burden | - | Some of the hail was ping pong ball size, but most of the hail was to the size of quarters. |
| September 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Burden | - | A rope tornado briefly touched down in an open field. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | KSN Weather Lab. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | Gusts ranged from 52-61kt. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burden | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Burden | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Burden | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2142593 | 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 469910. 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.
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.




