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Burrton, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Burrton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67020. The Survey maps it on the Burrton quadrangle. 861 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,450 feet above sea level.

Burrton within Harvey County

Population over time

2 figures

Burrton fell from 901 to 861 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
2010901
2020861-40 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

14 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Burrton between 2006 and 2020, burning about 29,745 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2

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
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service71
11 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,250 acresKansas CountiesPIONEER PASTURES
6 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKansas Forest Service18139
23 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined14,000 acresReno CountyBURMAC
20 March 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHarvey County18098
17 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined350 acresKansas CountiesBURMACK
14 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Service40
9 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8,800 acresKansas CountiesTWELTH STREET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harvey County

Storms near this place

51 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burrton in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 27 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 lightning. 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
June 1998Tornado (F0)Burrton$150,000One farm sustained damage to three outbuildings while the residence sustained roof damage and had several windows blown out. A second farmstead sustained damage to it's roof, two barns and a metal shed.
May 1997Tornado (F1)Burrton$75,000no account filed
July 2000LightningBurrton$50,000One transformer was struck and set afire as were numerous other transformers around Harvey County.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindBurrton$50,000Winds estimated at 90 miles an hour caused trees to fall on a house. A picture window was shattered and two grain bins were blown away. A few miles away, winds blew away a machine shed. Lesser winds up to 60 miles an hour occurred at Hesston.
May 2015Tornado (EF2)Burrton$30,000Impressive tornado continued to moved across open country. A small hog barn had the roof blown off and significant tree damage was noted along the path. The worst of which was to a fence row of cedar trees in which they were completely snapped and partially debarked for a width of approximately 150 yards (DI28 DOD5). the maximum width along the path was 300 yards.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindBurrton$10,000A large machine shed was blown over.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindBurrton$10,000A shed was damaged near the intersection of 117th and 183rd.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindBurrton$7,000Law enforcement reported a telephone pole was snapped, as well as damage to signs just north of Burrton, Kansas.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBurrton$3,000Several tree limbs up to six inches in diameter were blown down.
April 1999LightningBurrton$1,000Lightning struck a house, inflicting minor wall damage.
July 2010Flash FloodBurrton$100Five to seven inches of rainfall fell across the region producing flooding of numerous county roads. Some minor street flooding also occurred in Halstead, Burrton and Sedgwick.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBurrton-Harvey County Emergency Management relayed a report from law enforcement of an estimated 60 mph winds.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBurrton-Broken power pole at SW 24th and Burmac Rd near Burrton.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBurrton-A large tree was knocked down at SW 96th and Burmac Road. Winds estimated by surrounding reports.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBurrton-There was extensive damage across the city of Burrton specifically to many trees and some outbuildings. One storage garage was lifted and tossed into the alley behind it.
April 2024Tornado (EFU)Burrton-Multiple pictures of a landspout west of Halstead were received from trained spotters and the public which was relayed via emergency management. There was no damage.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBurrton-Dispatch relayed a report of an estimated 80 mph winds near the town of Burrton.
May 2023HailBurrton-Quarter-sized hail reported by KWCH.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindBurrton-The report of damage was submitted via mPING. No details were provided.
May 2019Flash FloodBurrton-Several streets in & around town were closed.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindBurrton-Gusts estimated from 50-60 mph were reported just east of Buhler. Small branches were blown down.
May 2016FloodBurrton-Water was covering many county roads making them impassable.
June 2015FloodBurrton-Several low water crossings across the county have made travel a nuisance.
May 2014HailBurrton-The hail was reported by a viewer to KAKE-TV media via twitter.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindBurrton-Tree blown over.
April 2026HailBurrton-no account filed
September 2025HailBurrton-no account filed
May 2023HailBurrton-no account filed
June 2011HailBurrton-no account filed
March 2009HailBurrton-no account filed
April 2009HailBurrton-no account filed
April 2009HailBurrton-no account filed
May 2008HailBurrton-no account filed
May 2005HailBurrton-no account filed
April 2005HailBurrton-no account filed
May 2005HailBurrton-no account filed
June 2005HailBurrton-no account filed
June 2003HailBurrton-no account filed
June 2002HailBurrton-no account filed
April 2001HailBurrton-no account filed
September 2001HailBurrton-no account filed
September 2001HailBurrton-no account filed
September 2001HailBurrton-no account filed
September 2001HailBurrton-no account filed
September 2001HailBurrton-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBurrton-no account filed
June 2000HailBurrton-no account filed
July 1997HailBurrton-no account filed
July 1997HailBurrton-no account filed
July 1997HailBurrton-no account filed
May 1995HailBurrton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harvey 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
Paxton4.2 miles15
Patterson5.6 miles14
Alta Mills7.7 miles15
Halstead8.7 miles15
Van Arsdale13.0 miles15
Hesston14.9 miles15
Sedgwick15.0 miles15
Putnam15.4 miles15

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 BurrtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2351460The 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 477984. 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.