Burr, Nebraska
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in South Branch precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68324. The Survey maps it on the Burr quadrangle. 52 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,129 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBurr fell from 57 to 52 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 | 57 | |
| 2020 | 52 | -5 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1903 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Weeping Water quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Burr quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Burr between 2003 and 2020, burning about 376 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 26 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 28 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 30 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burr in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 6 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burr | - | Public reported a measured 80 mph wind gust. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burr | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph by a spotter near Burr along with half inch hail. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burr | - | A trained weather spotter estimated westerly thunderstorm outflow winds of 75 mph east of Burr. These strong winds spread into the Talmage area splitting or knocking over several large trees and causing minor damage to many trees in town. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Burr | - | The hail was also accompanied by strong winds, at least 50 mph according to the report of a trained spotter near town. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burr | - | Strong winds broke large tree limbs. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Burr | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Burr | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Burr | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Burr | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Burr | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Unadilla | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Syracuse | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Tangeman | 11.4 miles | 13 | |
| Palmyra | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Talmage | 14.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cio (historical) | 15.2 miles | 13 | |
| Delta (historical) | 15.2 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 Burr | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1917234 | 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 827794. 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.






