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Burns, Kansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Milton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66840. The Survey maps it on the Burns quadrangle. 234 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,499 feet above sea level.

Burns within Marion County

On record in Burns

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Burns grew from 228 to 234 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
2010228
2020234+6 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

10 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Burns between 2016 and 2020, burning about 442 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
14 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKansas Forest Service1839
9 April 2020Recreation and ceremony90 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
14 April 2020Recreation and ceremony220 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
5 March 2020Smoking85 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
2 March 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresButler County1707
15 March 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution40 acresKansas Forest Service389
6 February 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service1608
4 February 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service1617

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

53 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burns in 53 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 25 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 4 tornado, 2 flash 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
April 2009Thunderstorm WindBurns$50,000Strong winds inflicted roof damage to both a residence and the Morton building. Some structural damage occurred to outbuildings, and some farm equipment was moved around.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Burns$50,000Trees uprooted, one of which possessed a 36 inch diameter trunk, and a second that fell onto a house. Power lines downed. Power poles leaning sharply. One out-building partially unroofed, with effected section of roof impaled into nearby building.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindBurns$50,000At one residence, a 24 by 24 foot shed was blown over, one car damaged when a tree fell onto it, and shingles were blown off the roof of the house. A second house that was unconstruction sustained significant damage when when all but the south wall of the second floor were blown down and debris from construction material was blown about the area. A 3rd residence sustained damage when a tree fell through an upstairs bedroom wall. Several trees and power lines were blown down around the town. Area newspapers contributed to this report.
April 2011HailBurns$32,500Multiple residences had windows broken out of their homes from ping pong ball to golfbal size hail. The hail lasted almost 10 minutes.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBurns$25,000Barn blown down.
May 2008HailBurns$5,000Golf ballsized hail broke several windows out of a home.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindBurns$5,000Power lines downed.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBurns$500Small tree limbs were knocked down.
April 2010Flash FloodBurns$100Five inches of rain caused a creek to come out of its banks.
April 2026Tornado (EFU)Burns-A brief landspout tornado was reported northwest of Burns.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindBurns-Up to 8-inch diameter tree limbs were downed, and a lean-to was knocked down.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindBurns-There were also 8 to 10 inch tree limbs reported down as well.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBurns-Winds were estimated to be around 70 mph.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Burns-Damage occurred to a few farm outbuildings along with trees. During the survey, swirls were observed in the brome and tree damage. There was debris collected in the trees too.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindBurns-Butler County Fire Department reported an estimated 70 mph winds and power out in Burns.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBurns-Numerous power outages.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindBurns-Power lines down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBurns-This was an estimated wind gust.
July 2023HailBurns-There was nickel to quarter sized hail at 40th and Highway 77 north of Burns.
May 2019HailBurns-Gusts estimated at 52 knots/60 mph also occurred.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindBurns-Quarter-sized hail also occurred.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBurns-This was reported along the county line.
July 2013Flash FloodBurns-Most roads were flooded, several of which were closed across the entire county.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBurns-Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBurns-Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBurns-Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBurns-Minor damage to trees.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBurns-The winds were accompanied by ping pong ball hail.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBurns-Winds estimated by a trained spotter.
April 2009Tornado (EF0)Burns-A Channel 10 viewer reported a brief tornado touchdown in an open field.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindBurns-Also reported by emergency manager.
April 2026HailBurns-no account filed
April 2022Thunderstorm WindBurns-no account filed
May 2020HailBurns-no account filed
May 2018HailBurns-no account filed
May 2017HailBurns-no account filed
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBurns-no account filed
April 2011HailBurns-no account filed
April 2011HailBurns-no account filed
April 2011HailBurns-no account filed
June 2010HailBurns-no account filed
April 2010HailBurns-no account filed
April 2010HailBurns-no account filed
May 2010HailBurns-no account filed
May 2008HailBurns-no account filed
May 2003HailBurns-no account filed
July 2002HailBurns-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindBurns-no account filed
August 2001HailBurns-no account filed
August 1999HailBurns-no account filed
May 1997HailBurns-no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindBurns-no account filed
May 1996HailBurns-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Florence10.9 miles13
Peabody12.9 miles15
Oursler14.7 miles14
Aulne16.3 miles15
Marion19.1 miles15
Canada21.8 miles15
Eastshore22.4 miles15
Antelope24.3 miles12

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 BurnsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2666594The 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 478038. 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.