Burlington, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the North Alfalfa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73722. The Survey maps it on the Burlington quadrangle. 124 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,220 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBurlington fell from 152 to 124 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 | 152 | |
| 2020 | 124 | -28 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Woodward quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alva quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Alva quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
52 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burlington in 52 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 29 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Burlington | $1,800,000 | Highway 8/58 was closed due to water over the roadway. Numerous homes and businesses had water up to the front entryways. At least 100 homes suffered minor water damage. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $100,000 | A swath of significant thunderstorm wind damage continued into portions of northwestern and north-central Alfalfa County on the early morning of the 7th. Multiple residences in the community of Burlington reported tree damage, including large limbs blown down with several smaller trees uprooted. Along Oklahoma Highway 8, between the communities of Cherokee and Driftwood, a large, uprooted tree landed on a house and multiple power poles were snapped, with one landing on the corner of a mobile home. Additional damage continued along the Oklahoma Highway 11 corridor northeast of the community of Cherokee. In addition to tree damage, a metal carport was vaulted and landed on the corner of a house and the bay doors of a large metal storage building were blown in. The damage path is estimated, with additional thunderstorm wind damage likely continuing eastward through the county, on the north side of the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge. The event time is estimated from radar observations. Damage photos were relayed courtesy of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $75,000 | A combination of severe thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 mph and 2-inch hail blew out nearly all of the north-facing windows at the Alfalfa County School. Damage to the school was estimated at $25,000, but no injuries occurred since the students and teachers had moved to a storm shelter. Throughout the town of Burlington, trees up to 10 inches in diameter were blown over, power lines were blown down, and numerous homes received roof and window damage from the wind and hail. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $8,000 | Eight light poles and numerous cedar trees were downed. A hay barn and pole shed were also destroyed. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $5,000 | Power poles downed by a downburst. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $5,000 | Four- to six-inch diameter tree limbs were snapped by the strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $1,500 | Numerous trees were downed. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $10 | A 15 inch diameter tree limb was downed. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $10 | Tree limbs up to six inches in diameter were blown from trees. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | $10 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Burlington | - | A tornado developed and produced a Tornadic Debris Signature (TDS) on the KVNX radar north of Burlington. The tornado moved primarily over cropland, although it did apparently damage a few trees. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Burlington | - | Extensive flooding in Burlington. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | - | No damage reported. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | - | Estimated 60-65 mph wind gusts. No damage reported. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | - | The storm kicked up lots of dust. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | - | No damage was reported with the wind gust. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | - | No damage was reported with the wind gust. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | - | Nickel-size hail was also reported at this location. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Burlington | - | Winds of 60 mph were also estimated at this location. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Burlington | - | The reported was relayed by KWTV-9. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Burlington | - | Alfalfa County law enforcement reported that several county and local roads in and near Burlington, OK were closed due to high water. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Burlington | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Burlington | - | 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.
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 Burlington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1948212 | 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 1090717. 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.
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.




