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Cedar Park, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Cedar Park-Liberty Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78613. It stands on Cluck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leander quadrangle. 77,595 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 906 feet above sea level.

Cedar Park within Williamson County

Population over time

2 figures

Cedar Park grew from 48,937 to 77,595 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
201048,937
202077,595+28,658 (+59%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 17 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

51 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Park between 2005 and 2020, burning about 273 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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 2011Misuse of fire by a minor84 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOONGLOW FIRE
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBLOCKHOUSE
13 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWELL DR & HORSESHOE DR
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2006Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHORSESHOE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Park: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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
Featherlite CorpStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Allen Pit & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Williamson County

Storms near this place

36 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Park in 36 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 21 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 15 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 1997Tornado (F3)Cedar Park15 hurt, $70,000,000no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindCedar Park$80,000A very brief but intense microburst stuck Cedar Park early on the morning of October 19. The winds, estimated at between 80 and 90 mph blew down trees and power poles over a two-block area of the city.
May 2017LightningCedar Park$50,000A thunderstorm produced lightning that caused a house fire in northwestern Austin. The fire caused the roof of the house to collapse.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindCedar Park$50,000no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCedar Park$25,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph which caused the roof of the Lifetime Fitness Center to partially collapse.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindCedar Park$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph that knocked down several trees and power lines.
May 2003Flash FloodCedar Park$10,000Widespread light showers and thunderstorms formed over Williamson County in the late morning. Between 11 am CST and noon CST, very heavy rain fell across extreme southern Williamson County between Cedar Park and Round Rock. Both locations reported between 4 and 5 inches of rain in the one hour period. The Williamson County Sheriff's Department reported flash flooding across numerous roads and low water crossings in the two cities as well as along Brushy Creek which runs between the cities.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindCedar Park$10,000no account filed
October 1996Thunderstorm WindCedar Park$5,000no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCedar Park$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that snapped a four inch tree limb near Meadow Lark Dr. and Little Elm Trl. in Cedar Park.
April 2026HailCedar Park-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Cedar Park. We received a picture of the hail stone against a ruler.
May 2025HailCedar Park-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail at Park St. and Hwy 183 in Cedar Park.
May 2025HailCedar Park-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Cedar Park.
May 2025HailCedar Park-A thunderstorm produced nickel to chicken egg size hail for 20 minutes in Cedar Park.
June 2023HailCedar Park-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Cedar Park.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindCedar Park-A line of thunderstorms produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that uprooted a large tree and blew down fencing near Buttercup Creek Blvd. and Twin Oak Trl. in Cedar Creek.
March 2018Flash FloodCedar Park-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing Lakeline Blvd. between Little Elm Tr. and Old Mill Rd. in Cedar Park.
December 2018Flash FloodCedar Park-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing the Walsh Dr. crossing at Brushy Creek near Brushy Creek Rd.
February 2009HailCedar Park-One of the broadcast media relayed a report of nickel size hail at Avery Ranch.
June 2009HailCedar Park-A thunderstorm produced hail ranging from quarter to golf ball size. The largest hail fell along Highway 183 in Anderson Mill.
July 2007Flash FloodCedar Park-From 3 to 4 inches of rain fell between Cedar Park and Round Rock, causing widespread flash flooding along Upper Brushy Creek. FM620 and FM1325 were closed due to high water.
March 2013HailCedar Park-no account filed
March 2009HailCedar Park-no account filed
March 2009HailCedar Park-no account filed
April 2006HailCedar Park-no account filed
April 2006HailCedar Park-no account filed
April 2006HailCedar Park-no account filed
April 2004HailCedar Park-no account filed
June 2002HailCedar Park-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindCedar Park-no account filed
March 2000HailCedar Park-no account filed
March 1999HailCedar Park-no account filed
March 1999HailCedar Park-no account filed
May 1999HailCedar Park-no account filed
May 1998HailCedar Park-no account filed
May 1998HailCedar Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Williamson 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
White Stone1.2 miles17
Walkerton2.1 miles17
Anderson Mill3.6 miles23
Pond Springs4.2 miles23
Brushy Creek4.3 miles19
Turkey Hollow4.4 miles17
Jollyville4.9 miles23
Leander5.4 miles17

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 Cedar ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q980040The 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 1354140. 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.