Cockrell Hill, Texas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southwest Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75211. It lies near Chalk Hill. The Survey maps it on the Duncanville quadrangle. 3,815 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCockrell Hill fell from 4,193 to 3,815 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,193 | |
| 2020 | 3,815 | -378 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 21 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.
- 1891 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Duncanville quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Duncanville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
244 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Cockrell Hill between 2011 and 2017, burning about 74 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/undetermined | 197 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PERRYTON |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STARETTA |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6001-6099 MARVIN D LOVE |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUNCANVILLE RD |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRINIDAD |
| 4 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALTOONA |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUMANE |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD GLORY DR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cockrell Hill: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Quarry | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Dallas Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| General Portland Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Eagle-Ford Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| General Portland Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Texas Ind Inc Dallas Lightweight | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cockrell Hill in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 8 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Hail | Cockrell Hill | $150,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Hail | Cockrell Hill | $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cockrell Hill | $12,000 | A house was damaged and power lines were blown down at Fort Worth Avenue. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Cockrell Hill | $10,000 | Golfball sized hail was reported at Bishop Dunne High School in Cockrell Hill. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Cockrell Hill | $2,000 | Multiple roads were affected by high water including: Preton Rd./Mimosa Ln., Hillcrest Rd./Royal Ln., Shorecrest Dr./Lemmon Ave., NW Hwy/Goforth Rd., Cedar Crest Blvd./E. Kiest Blvd., I-35/W. Illinois Ave., 2900 Mountain Creek Pkwy near W. Kiest Blvd., and 4300 W. Kiest Blvd. near S. Cockrell Hill Rd. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Cockrell Hill | - | Emergency manager reported 1.5 inch hail south of Cockrell Hill. |
| April 2017 | Flood | Cockrell Hill | - | A media report indicated high water in Kiest Blvd near the intersection of Westmoreland Dr in southwest Dallas, with at least one stalled vehicle. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Cockrell Hill | - | A social media report indicated that Cockrell Hill Rd at Illinois Ave was shut down due to high water. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Cockrell Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Cockrell Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Cockrell Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Cockrell Hill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia Park | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Kenwood | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Westwood Park | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Cole | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Eagle Ford | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Ledbetter Hills | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Cliff | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Red Bird Addition | 5.0 miles | 21 |
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 Cockrell Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q966419 | 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 1333053. 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.






