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Burlington, Wisconsin

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Burlington City. It lies in ZIP code area 53105. It stands on White River. The Survey maps it on the Burlington quadrangle. 11,047 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 768 feet above sea level.

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Burlington within Racine County

On record in Burlington

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Burlington grew from 10,464 to 11,047 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
201010,464
202011,047+583 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

30 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Burlington between 2018 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined17
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources164
26 August 2018Natural1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources217
1 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources191
9 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources717
1 June 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources517
4 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources97
30 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources667
7 April 2018Debris and open burning20 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources75

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Racine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Burlington: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Limestone Quarry #3Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit Number 3Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Burlington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Burlington Pit Yard 12Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ed Prott PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J W Peters and Sons Inc Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kenosha County Hwy Dept Wilmot PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Krueger PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Payne and Dolan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Racine County

Storms near this place

57 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burlington in 57 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 33 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 7 lightning, 4 flood. The reports record 9 injuries. 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
May 2006LightningBurlington5 hurtFive people were injured (suffered tingling sensations) by a nearby lightning strike during the ChocolateFest in Burlington. They were taken to a local hospital for medical treatment and released.
May 2006LightningBurlington2 hurtA mother and her child outside a retail store in Burlington were injured when a lightning bolt struck nearby.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBurlington1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindBurlington1 hurt, $3,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBurlington$200,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBurlington$150,000Severe thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts estimated at 80 mph. Many power lines and trees were taken down by the strong winds, and several homes and cars were damaged.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBurlington$75,000no account filed
February 2001LightningBurlington$30,000no account filed
September 1997LightningBurlington$30,000no account filed
November 2020Thunderstorm WindBurlington$25,000A swath of tree damage across Racine County from Burlington toward Raymond.
August 2006Flash FloodBurlington$20,000Persistent thunderstorms producing torrential rain caused flooding from 2 miles east of Burlington to 2 miles west of Union Grove. The water closed several roads and caused some basement flooding. Radar estimated 4 to 5 inches of rainfall in this area and 3.71 inches of rain was reported in Burlington.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindBurlington$15,000Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled many large trees in the city of Burlington. One tree had a vary large branch snap off and fall onto a car, curshing it in the process. Tree debris brought down several power-lines.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBurlington$15,000no account filed
October 1996Thunderstorm WindBurlington$15,000no account filed
November 2022Thunderstorm WindBurlington$10,000Scattered trees and branches down, including power lines, from Burlington to Lake Michigan.
April 2013FloodBurlington$10,000The Fox River at Burlington experienced moderate flooding as it crested at 12.91 feet, or 1.91 feet above the flood stage of 11 feet at 330 AM on April 19th.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindBurlington$10,000Trees and power lines down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBurlington$8,000Scattered trees and wires down from northern Burlington toward Waterford.
March 2026FloodBurlington$3,000Video provided of a stranded vehicle in floodwaters in Burlington.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBurlington$3,000no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBurlington$3,000no account filed
May 2014Thunderstorm WindBurlington$2,000Several trees down on power lines and cars.
September 2002LightningBurlington$2,000no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindBurlington$2,000no account filed
October 2018FloodBurlington$1,000The Fox River reached minor flood stage, cresting at 11.33 feet early morning on October 7th. Floodwaters are into Riverside Park in Burlington. Floodwaters cover a portion of Brever Road about 4 miles south of Burlington.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBurlington$1,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBurlington$1,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBurlington$1,000no account filed
September 1997LightningBurlington$1,000no account filed
October 1996LightningBurlington$800no account filed
October 2022Tornado (EF0)Burlington-Minor damage was found along the path. Tornado determination was supported by multiple eyewitness reports and a tornadic debris signature on radar.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBurlington-Strong winds knocked large branches out of trees and uprooted a couple dozen large trees. A few power-lines were snapped by the broken branches. Two roads were blocked by the tree debris.
June 2011HailBurlington-A trained spotter reported large hail, estimated to be 1.25 inches in diameter, that fell near a Y.M.C.A. camp east of Burlington.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBurlington-Trees down.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
April 2015HailBurlington-no account filed
January 2008HailBurlington-no account filed
June 2008HailBurlington-no account filed
July 2007HailBurlington-no account filed
June 2007HailBurlington-no account filed
August 2006HailBurlington-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
September 2002Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
May 2001HailBurlington-no account filed
October 2001HailBurlington-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
May 2000HailBurlington-no account filed
June 1999FloodBurlington-no account filed
April 1996HailBurlington-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Racine 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
Cedar Park2.5 miles19
Browns Lake2.6 miles19
Honey Lake3.0 miles19
Bohners Lake3.8 miles18
Rochester5.2 miles19
Rosewood5.7 miles19
Waterford6.7 miles18
Wheatland Estates6.8 miles19

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 Q1016638The 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 1562427. 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.