Burtrum, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Burnhamville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56318. The Survey maps it on the Burtrum quadrangle. 123 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBurtrum fell from 144 to 123 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 | 144 | |
| 2020 | 123 | -21 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1950 USGS Swanville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Burtrum quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS St. Cloud quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Burtrum between 1992 and 2013, burning about 1,003 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 were 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 burning | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 June 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 May 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 May 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Burtrum: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loven Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burtrum in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burtrum | - | Multiple trees were down within town. |
| September 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Burtrum | - | A tornado touched down on the east side of Big Swan Lake, where a few trees were downed. As the tornado moved northeast, it hit a number of lake homes and cabins, causing roof damage to several. As the tornado reached the community of Pillsbury on the northeast side of Long Lake, a boat and attached dock were blown westward into the lake. Dozens of trees, including some two feet in diameter, were blown down or snapped. A home was shifted off its foundation by several inches. Another home sustained minor damage to the roof and had some windows blown in. The tornado continued beyond Pillsbury, moving across open fields and woods, and dissipated just as it reached the Todd/Morrison County line. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Burtrum | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Burtrum | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grey Eagle | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pillsbury | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| North Shore | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Beach | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Ward Springs | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Spaulding | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Round Prairie | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Long Prairie | 12.1 miles | 9 |
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 Burtrum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2201743 | 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 640690. 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.





