Canyon Lake, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Canyon Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78133. It stands on Tom Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fischer quadrangle. 31,124 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 965 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresCanyon Lake grew from 16,870 to 31,124 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16,870 | |
| 2010 | 21,262 | +4,392 (+26%) |
| 2020 | 31,124 | +9,862 (+46%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1920 USGS Smithsons Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS Smithson Valley No. 1 quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Fischer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Fischer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Canyon Lake between 2005 and 2020, burning about 140 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-28 |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | F.M. 306 FIRE |
| 24 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2673 |
| 2 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLAMAN ROAD FIRE |
| 8 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MYSTIC SHORES |
| 31 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CANYON SHORES |
| 10 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Canyon Lake: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canyon Lake in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Canyon Lake | - | A mobile home was blown over at Tamarac Shores on north end of Canyon Lake. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Lake Forest | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Westhaven | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Canyon Springs | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Startzville | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cranes Mill | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Canyon City | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sattler | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Fourth Crossing | 5.5 miles | 14 |
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 Canyon Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q970199 | 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 1867545. 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.










