Burton, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Burton City. It lies in ZIP code area 48519. It stands on Pierson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Goodrich quadrangle. 29,715 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 771 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBurton fell from 29,999 to 29,715 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 | 29,999 | |
| 2020 | 29,715 | -284 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1920 USGS Holly quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Holly quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Holly quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Goodrich quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Burton between 2018 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 7 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF FLINT FD 0016180 - 2019 |
| 4 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF FLINT FD 0015960 - 2019 |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GRAND BLANC FD 12478 - 2019 |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BURTON CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0000266 - 2019 |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BURTON CITY FIRE/RESCUE 0000265 - 2019 |
| 10 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF FLINT FD 0014253 - 2019 |
| 7 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | DAVISON-RICHFIELD AREA FD 18269 - 2018 |
| 5 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CITY OF FLINT FD 0011589 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Burton: 1 past producer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurtz Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
31 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burton in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | $600,000 | Trees and wired reported down, some on homes. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | $5,000 | A tree and several large limbs were downed. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | $4,000 | Trained spotters reported roof damage to a building near the intersection of Saginaw and Atherton Roads. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | $2,000 | Power line reported down. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | Quarter size hail also reported. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | Measured on private weather station. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | A spotter estimated a 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | Multiple large trees blown down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | A trained spotter reported many tree branches down in the area and estimated wind gusts at 60 MPH. |
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | A tree 15 inches in diameter fell and siding was ripped from a house. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | Several trees and large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Burton | - | A trained spotter also estimated a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts at 60 MPH. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | A trained weather spotter estimated a 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust, which damaged a home. A tree and several tree limbs were also reported down, along with siding off of an apartment on Lapeer and Belsay roads. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | A trained weather spotter estimated a 80 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Burton | - | A trained weather spotter also measured a 62 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | A telephone pole was snapped at the base. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | A trained weather spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | Large tree limbs and power poles reported blown down. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Burton | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burton | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lapeer Heights | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Belsay | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Flint | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Whigville | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Grand Blanc | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Davison | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| McGrew Junction | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Atlas | 6.1 miles | 13 |
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 Burton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1017105 | 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 1675445. 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.







