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Burleson, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Burleson-Joshua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76028. It stands on Shannon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burleson quadrangle. 47,641 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 712 feet above sea level.

Burleson within Johnson County

Population over time

2 figures

Burleson grew from 36,690 to 47,641 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
201036,690
202047,641+10,951 (+30%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

43 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Burleson between 2005 and 2020, burning about 445 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning8
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
10 August 2011Smoking25 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1187
1 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFOREST HILL EVERMAN
31 July 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURLESON RETTA
3 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSILVER LAKE
26 July 2015Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBLACK FOREST
25 July 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH FRWY
21 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 1020
2 July 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCPHERSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

60 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burleson in 72 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 30 hail, 29 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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 2023HailBurleson$500,000A social media photo showed a 4-inch diameter hail stone in Burleson.
May 2007LightningBurleson$220,000Lightning struck and burned a house still under construction. The loss was valued at $220,000.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindBurleson$100,000High winds collapsed the roof and parts of a wall at the Hobby Lobby on Highway 174, and there was roof and structural damage to the French Quarters Apartments.
January 1996Thunderstorm WindBurleson$75,000no account filed
March 2023HailBurleson$30,000Quarter sized hail increased to golf ball sized hail. Reported via mPing.
September 1999Thunderstorm WindBurleson$25,000A mobile home and its contents were destroyed by high thunderstorm winds.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindBurleson$20,000Numerous fences were blown down and trees uprooted. The winds were estimated at 70 mph.
April 2012HailBurleson$15,000Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail was reported in Burleson near Interstate 35 and the Wilshire Blvd exit.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindBurleson$15,000Three modular buildings approximately 60'x20' were blown over on North Burleson Blvd.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindBurleson$15,000Three doors and a roof blown down over an outdoor pool.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindBurleson$15,000A roof collapsed in Burleson from high winds.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindBurleson$10,000A wall which surrounded a gas rig was blown over, including the Steel-I beams attached to the wall.
May 2025HailBurleson$9,000no account filed
April 2013LightningBurleson$7,000Lightning struck the Lucas Blessing Funeral Home on Johnson Avenue in Burleson. The fire was contained in the steeple of the building.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindBurleson$7,000High winds knocked down several trees in Burleson. In the Briar Oaks subdivision, tree limbs up to 6 in diameter and wood fences were reported down.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindBurleson$6,000Thunderstorm winds in Burleson were estimated near 70 mph.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBurleson$5,000Trees were uprooted just west of Burleson.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindBurleson$2,000Severe thunderstorm winds blew out windows, blew down a fence and damaged a chimney.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindBurleson$2,000Thunderstorm winds blew down a amateur radio tower.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindBurleson$2,000Strong winds damaged a gate.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindBurleson$1,000An 18-wheeler was blown over on Interstate 35 by high winds. There were no injuries.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindBurleson$1,000Sixty mph winds were estimated in Burleson.
August 2007Flash FloodBurleson$1,000CR 528 was barricaded after fire fighters performed a high water rescue and retrieved a vehicle which was driven into deep water.
February 2025FloodBurleson-The left lane of I-35W southbound just north of Burleson was flooded and closed with a police barricade.
March 2025HailBurleson-Reported via mPING south of Burleson.
April 2024HailBurleson-Trained spotter reported quarter sized hail 3 miles SE of Burleson.
March 2023HailBurleson-Reported via mPing.
April 2022HailBurleson-Amateur radio reported quarter sized hail about 2 miles southwest of Fort Worth Spinks Airport.
December 2022HailBurleson-A public report of quarter-sized hail was received just south of Burleson, TX.
December 2022Thunderstorm WindBurleson-A public report indicated trees uprooted near the intersection of Renfro Street and Highway 174 in Burleson, TX.
May 2019HailBurleson-Amateur radio reported quarter size hail in the city of Burleson, TX.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindBurleson-A wind gust of 59 MPH was reported by the Automated Weather Observation System at Fort Worth Spinks airport.
June 2016FloodBurleson-Several roads across the county remained barricaded due to flooding that began on May 31st.
March 2013HailBurleson-Hail up to the size of nickels covered the ground in Burleson.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Burleson-A brief tornado occurred down in open field approximately 2 miles southeast of Spinks Airport. This tornado was observed by at least 2 storm chasers and the airport manager.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBurleson-Trained spotters measured 70 mph winds in Burleson.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBurleson-Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH in Burleson.
March 2008HailBurleson-Ping-pong size hail was reported in Burleson.
April 2008Flash FloodBurleson-Many roads were flooded across the northern part of the county including Highway 174 where eight inches of water was reported.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindBurleson-Reported by storm spotters.
September 2007Flash FloodBurleson-Several high water rescues were required.
March 2006Flash FloodBurleson-Minor street flooding reported.
June 2004Flash FloodBurleson-Six inches of water covered Interstate 35 near Highway 174. and water was over FM 1902, 2 miles north of Alvarado at 348 PM.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindBurleson-Sustained winds of 50 to 60 mph with occasional gusts over 65 mph from 930 until 1005 pm CDT.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBurleson-A 40 to 50 foot high tree was blown down across McAlister Road in Burleson.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindBurleson-Trees were blown down by high winds.
April 2000Flash FloodBurleson-Heavy thunderstorm rains created street flooding in town.
June 2000Flash FloodBurleson-Flooding was reported in the city.
May 1999HailBurleson-Hail covered the ground just south of town.
October 1993HailBurleson-Windows and skylights broken by the large hail.
March 2019HailBurleson-no account filed
April 2011HailBurleson-no account filed
May 2011HailBurleson-no account filed
May 2011HailBurleson-no account filed
April 2008HailBurleson-no account filed
March 2007HailBurleson-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBurleson-no account filed
June 2004HailBurleson-no account filed
June 2004HailBurleson-no account filed
March 2002HailBurleson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Cross Timber0.7 miles14
Keeler2.5 miles14
Briaroaks2.8 miles14
Wooded Hills3.0 miles14
Marystown5.7 miles16
Egan6.3 miles16
Joshua6.6 miles16
Happy Hill6.7 miles16

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 BurlesonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981820The 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 1331683. 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.