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Burlington, North Dakota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Burlington City. It lies in ZIP code area 58722. It stands on Des Lacs River. The Survey maps it on the Burlington quadrangle. 1,291 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,608 feet above sea level.

Burlington within Ward County

Population over time

2 figures

Burlington grew from 1,060 to 1,291 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
20101,060
20201,291+231 (+22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Burlington between 1996 and 2020, burning about 3,174 acres in total. 1 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 burning8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Fireworks2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
16 August 2015Railroad operations and maintenance66 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceRAIL/FIELD FIRE
12 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use15 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceKLEVEN FIRE
11 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use15 acresNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceKLEVEN FIRE
9 July 2018Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest Service107
4 July 2020Fireworksunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceWILOW FIRE
1 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest Service99
2 May 2015Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service25
1 May 2015Railroad operations and maintenance150 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service24

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ward County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Burlington: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Minot Paving Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Minot Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ward County

Storms near this place

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burlington in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 16 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2010Flash FloodBurlington$800,000Flash flooding occurred in Minot and surrounding areas due to very heavy rain from thunderstorms. The total 24 hour precipitation total for Minot on June 17 was 3.75 inches, with much of this occurring during the mid afternoon hours. ||Water ran almost two feet deep over roads in many locations. Many homes reported water damage to their basements with water flowing into basement windows. Drainage systems also became overwhelmed, resulting in sewer backup in some residences. Multiple roads were washed out along with damage to storm sewers. One plugged storm sewer resulted in flooding and floor damage to the basement at the Minot Public High School. ||Damage amounts from this event were estimated based on newspaper articles and other storm reports.
September 2019HailBurlington$200,000Vehicle windshields were broken. On homes, windows were broken and siding was damaged.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBurlington$30,000A large tree fell on a camper and totaled it.
May 2010Flash FloodBurlington$25,000Thunderstorms with very heavy rain fell across portions of central Ward County. In the city of Minot, underpasses became flooded along with several streets. Local firefighters rescued one person whose vehicle became submerged in the sixth street underpass in Minot.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBurlington$5,000There was some minor tree damage.
May 1994HailBurlington$5,000no account filed
July 1997HailBurlington-hail also accompanied by 60 mph winds
June 2020Funnel CloudBurlington-no account filed
June 2018HailBurlington-no account filed
July 2016HailBurlington-no account filed
July 2016HailBurlington-no account filed
June 2015HailBurlington-no account filed
June 2012HailBurlington-no account filed
July 2011HailBurlington-no account filed
May 2010HailBurlington-no account filed
April 2010HailBurlington-no account filed
May 2006HailBurlington-no account filed
July 2003HailBurlington-no account filed
June 2000HailBurlington-no account filed
July 1999HailBurlington-no account filed
July 1999HailBurlington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ward 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
Ralston3.1 miles11
Des Lacs7.2 miles8
Minot7.6 miles11
Drady8.5 miles11
Ruthville9.6 miles10
Foxholm10.0 miles8
Lonetree11.4 miles6
Surrey15.9 miles11

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 BurlingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2018782The 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 1034752. 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.