BlockBefore

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.

Burlington within Alfalfa County

Population over time

2 figures

Burlington 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.

YearPeople Change
2010152
2020124-28 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

Storms near this place

52 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2008Flash FloodBurlington$1,800,000Highway 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 2025Thunderstorm WindBurlington$100,000A 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 1997Thunderstorm WindBurlington$75,000A 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 2001Thunderstorm WindBurlington$8,000Eight light poles and numerous cedar trees were downed. A hay barn and pole shed were also destroyed.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindBurlington$5,000Power poles downed by a downburst.
October 2008Thunderstorm WindBurlington$5,000Four- to six-inch diameter tree limbs were snapped by the strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBurlington$1,500Numerous trees were downed.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindBurlington$10A 15 inch diameter tree limb was downed.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindBurlington$10Tree limbs up to six inches in diameter were blown from trees.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindBurlington$10no account filed
June 2023Tornado (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 2019Flash FloodBurlington-Extensive flooding in Burlington.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindBurlington-No damage reported.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindBurlington-Estimated 60-65 mph wind gusts. No damage reported.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindBurlington-The storm kicked up lots of dust.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBurlington-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindBurlington-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindBurlington-Nickel-size hail was also reported at this location.
August 2009HailBurlington-Winds of 60 mph were also estimated at this location.
April 2009HailBurlington-The reported was relayed by KWTV-9.
June 2005Flash FloodBurlington-Alfalfa County law enforcement reported that several county and local roads in and near Burlington, OK were closed due to high water.
May 2022HailBurlington-no account filed
April 2013HailBurlington-no account filed
April 2013HailBurlington-no account filed
April 2013HailBurlington-no account filed
May 2012HailBurlington-no account filed
June 2007HailBurlington-no account filed
May 2007HailBurlington-no account filed
May 2007HailBurlington-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
April 2006HailBurlington-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
June 2004HailBurlington-no account filed
July 2004HailBurlington-no account filed
May 2002HailBurlington-no account filed
May 2002HailBurlington-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
June 2001HailBurlington-no account filed
May 2001HailBurlington-no account filed
March 2000HailBurlington-no account filed
March 2000HailBurlington-no account filed
April 1999HailBurlington-no account filed
June 1997HailBurlington-no account filed
May 1997HailBurlington-no account filed
August 1997HailBurlington-no account filed
August 1997HailBurlington-no account filed
June 1996HailBurlington-no account filed
July 1995HailBurlington-no account filed
July 1995HailBurlington-no account filed
June 1994HailBurlington-no account filed
September 1993HailBurlington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Alfalfa 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
Driftwood3.7 miles8
Byron6.8 miles8
Amorita7.2 miles8
Ingersoll7.3 miles8
Ashley8.5 miles8
Cherokee10.6 miles8
Lambert15.0 miles8
Yewed15.0 miles8

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 Q1948212The 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.