Burr Oak, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Burr Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49030. The Survey maps it on the Burr Oak quadrangle. 753 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBurr Oak fell from 828 to 753 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 | 828 | |
| 2020 | 753 | -75 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Burr Oak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Elkhart quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Burr Oak in 2019, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRONSON FD 0000103 - 2019 |
| 26 March 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRONSON FD 0000094 - 2019 |
| 7 February 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TRI-TOWNSHIP FD 000029 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Burr Oak: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Brothers Contractors Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cole Brothers Contractors Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burr Oak in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burr Oak | $15,000 | Huge tree down on power lines. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burr Oak | $5,000 | Several trees down in Burr Oak. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burr Oak | $5,000 | Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted in Burr Oak. Photos on Twitter. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burr Oak | - | Reports were received through social media of trees and power lines down. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burr Oak | - | Six to eight inch diameter partially rotted tree limb downed. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burr Oak | - | Law enforcement officials reported several trees down in Burr Oak. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burr Oak | - | Law enforcement reported trees down in Burr Oak. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Findley | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Fawn River | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sturgis | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Colon | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Fairfax | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Nottawa | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Wasepi | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Sandy Beach | 11.6 miles | 15 |
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 Oak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1915906 | 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 1624428. 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.
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.



