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Duncanville, 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 75116. It stands on Bentle Branch. The Survey maps it on the Duncanville quadrangle. 40,706 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 725 feet above sea level.

Duncanville within Dallas County

Population over time

2 figures

Duncanville grew from 38,524 to 40,706 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
201038,524
202040,706+2,182 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 21 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

147 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Duncanville between 2006 and 2017, burning about 142 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/undetermined116
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
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
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service6001-6099 MARVIN D LOVE
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDUNCANVILLE RD
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRINIDAD
4 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceALTOONA
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD GLORY DR
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceS WLATON WALKER
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMEAGAN
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceW KIEST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

42 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duncanville in 42 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 24 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 1 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
March 1995HailDuncanville$10,000,000Large hail broke windows and damaged homes, businesses, and automobiles.
June 2012HailDuncanville$1,200,000Hen egg sized hail was reported in Duncanville.
June 2015LightningDuncanville$500,000A house fire was reported on Windmill Hill Lane in DeSoto around 3 pm local time. According to the DeSoto Fire chief, lightning struck the home and caused about $500,000 in damage.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindDuncanville$50,000Downburst winds from a thunderstorm blew down trees and damaged the Duncanville ISD Agricultural Center.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindDuncanville$7,000A trained storm spotter estimated 65 MPH wind gusts along with trees down approximately 2 miles southwest of Duncanville, TX in the Mountain Creek area.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindDuncanville$3,000Significant tree damage occurred along Sawsawi Trail in Desoto. Several large tree limbs were broken off and other large trees were snapped or uprooted.
May 2009Flash FloodDuncanville$2,000Water was reported over the road at Interstate 20 and Highway 67.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindDuncanville$2,000Peak winds of 60 mph were estimated in Duncanville.
June 2007Flash FloodDuncanville$1,000Several streets were flooded and closed.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindDuncanville$1,000Power lines were blown down.
March 2026Flash FloodDuncanville-Emergency management reported multiple water rescues were ongoing at both High Pointe Ln and Brookside Drive.
April 2026HailDuncanville-Report of 1 inch hail from mPING.
April 2026HailDuncanville-Report of 1 inch hail from mPING.
May 2024HailDuncanville-Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
March 2023HailDuncanville-Reported via mPing.
December 2022HailDuncanville-A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail about 1 mile south of Duncanville, TX.
April 2017Flash FloodDuncanville-A social media report indicated that Dallas Fire and Rescue was on the scene of high water over the roadway and that the intersection was about to be closed.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindDuncanville-A few reports of 60 mph winds were called into the National Weather Service office. Damage in Duncanville was limited to a few tree limbs.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindDuncanville-Trained spotters reported wind gusts to near 60 mph.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDuncanville-Several large tree limbs were knocked down by a strong thunderstorm in Duncanville. Some of the limbs were six inches in diameter and several feet long.
February 2008HailDuncanville-Penny-size hail was covering the ground.
June 2007Flash FloodDuncanville-Water was about eight inches deep on roads in Duncanville. In Dallas, Love Freeway and South Hampton Street were closed due to flooding. Five children became stranded under a bridge in Cedar Creek and had to be rescued.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindDuncanville-Large tree limbs were blown down by high winds.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindDuncanville-Trees were blown onto power lines.
August 2001Flash FloodDuncanville-Some streets were closed due to high water.
September 1999HailDuncanville-Hail fell in Southwest Duncanville, near Joe Pool Lake.
April 1994HailDuncanville-Downburst winds from a thunderstorm blew down trees and damaged the Duncanville ISD Agricultural Center.
June 2023HailDuncanville-no account filed
June 2023HailDuncanville-no account filed
June 2023HailDuncanville-no account filed
March 2020HailDuncanville-no account filed
April 2005HailDuncanville-no account filed
April 2004HailDuncanville-no account filed
February 2000HailDuncanville-no account filed
May 2000HailDuncanville-no account filed
May 2000HailDuncanville-no account filed
March 1998HailDuncanville-no account filed
June 1997HailDuncanville-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDuncanville-no account filed
April 1996HailDuncanville-no account filed
October 1993HailDuncanville-no account filed
October 1993HailDuncanville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Red Bird Addition1.3 miles21
Woodland Hills1.4 miles21
River Oaks1.8 miles21
Ledbetter Hills3.0 miles21
Cole3.4 miles21
Shamrock3.8 miles21
Westwood Park3.8 miles21
Pleasant Run3.9 miles21

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 DuncanvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981394The 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 1334786. 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.