Jonestown, Texas
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Northwest Travis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78645. It lies near Collier Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Mansfield Dam quadrangle. 2,365 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 814 feet above sea level.
On record in Jonestown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Cox Springs Schoollisted 2026
Population over time
3 figuresJonestown grew from 1,681 to 2,365 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 | 1,681 | |
| 2010 | 1,834 | +153 (+9%) |
| 2020 | 2,365 | +531 (+29%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1896 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1930 USGS Austin-2 quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS Mt. Bonnell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Lake Travis quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1968 USGS Mansfield Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Mansfield Dam quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Jonestown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 240 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 were 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 | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Balcones Canyon National Wildlife Refuge | BLONDIE FIRE |
| 27 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2020002006 |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Balcones Canyon National Wildlife Refuge | POLE |
| 13 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LANSING CV |
| 3 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRYSTAL COVE |
| 29 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | Balcones Canyon National Wildlife Refuge | BURNT TRUCK FIRE |
| 29 August 1993 | Natural | 10 acres | Balcones Canyon National Wildlife Refuge | VICTORIA |
| 27 August 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Balcones Canyon National Wildlife Refuge | RANGER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jonestown: 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Featherlite Corp | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jonestown in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 8 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | Hail | Jonestown | $160,000,000 | A thunderstorm moved through the Austin area and produced hail ranging from quarter to teacup size. We received 14 reports of severe size hail, nine of which were two inches or larger. The teacup size hail was reported by the media and fell near the Austin Arboretum. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Jonestown | $100,000 | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding down Big Sandy Creek that washed several docks, that were on dry land near drought stricken Lake Travis, down stream. Upstream rainfall of 7.75 inches in approximately three hours caused a 10 foot rise on the creek. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jonestown | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that knocked down some three inch tree limbs and damaged a roof in Jonestown. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Jonestown | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail on the west side of Cedar Park. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Jonestown | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail southwest of Leander. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Jonestown | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Jonestown. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Jonestown | - | A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail in Jonestown. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Jonestown | - | A NWS storm survey found evidence of a weak EF-0 tornado that initially touched down near FM 1431 and produced damage at a school. The tornado traveled northeast and caused considerable tree damage in the Indian Hills subdivision before dissipating right near the Williamson County line. Other wind damage was observed near New Hope Dr., but could not conclusively be associated with this tornado path. Peak winds were estimated at 85 mph. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Jonestown | - | Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hermine produced flash flooding which closed Lime Creek Road south of Fisher Hollow near Cedar Park. |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Jonestown | - | Thunderstorms produced 2 to 3 inches of rain from Lago Vista westward to the Burnet County line. Highest amounts were 4 inches at Lago Vista. Law enforcement reported that FM2222 and FM1431were were closed due to flash flooding. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Jonestown | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Jonestown | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Jonestown | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Jonestown Hills | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Nameless | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lago Vista | 4.2 miles | 24 | |
| Volente | 4.4 miles | 24 | |
| Hudson Bend | 5.4 miles | 24 | |
| Round Mountain | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| North Shore Acres | 5.9 miles | 24 | |
| Four Points | 7.3 miles | 23 |
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 Jonestown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1136080 | 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 1360424. 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.









