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Jollyville, Texas

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Round Rock-Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78729. The Survey maps it on the Jollyville quadrangle.

Jollyville within Williamson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

46 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Jollyville between 2005 and 2016, burning about 272 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/undetermined26
Smoking10
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
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
20 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCNEIL
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jollyville: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Calcium. 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
Mc Neil Plant & QuarryCalciumProducer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Williamson County

Storms near this place

24 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jollyville in 24 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 13 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Flash FloodJollyville$20,000A water rescue was performed at McNeil Drive and Pecan Street in north Austin. A vehicle was stranded with the driver inside.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindJollyville$1,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down large tree limbs in Jollyville.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJollyville$1,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that snapped small to medium tree branches in northern Austin near Jollyville.
April 2023Flash FloodJollyville-Thunderstorms produced locally heavy rain that flooded roads in Jollyville.
April 2023HailJollyville-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail south of Jollyville.
April 2023HailJollyville-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Jollyville.
April 2020HailJollyville-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Jollyville.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindJollyville-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindJollyville-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindJollyville-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph near Parmer Ln at RR620 in Jollyville.
June 2016Flash FloodJollyville-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding resulting in a swift water rescue by the Austin PD near Anderson Mill Rd. and Millwright Pkwy.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindJollyville-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down a large tree.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindJollyville-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 kts and pea size hail.
July 2012HailJollyville-A thunderstorm produced one and half inch hail and wind gusts estimated between 60 and 70 mph.
September 2009Flash FloodJollyville-Heavy rain caused flooding which left vehicles stalled in high water on roadways.
March 2014HailJollyville-no account filed
March 2013HailJollyville-no account filed
March 2013HailJollyville-no account filed
March 2009HailJollyville-no account filed
March 2009HailJollyville-no account filed
June 2009HailJollyville-no account filed
June 2009HailJollyville-no account filed
May 2006HailJollyville-no account filed
March 1999HailJollyville-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
Pond Springs0.8 miles23
Anderson Mill1.8 miles23
Turkey Hollow3.2 miles17
Cedar Park4.9 miles17
Brushy Creek5.2 miles19
White Stone6.1 miles17
Round Rock6.8 miles19
Walkerton7.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1360365. 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.