Kingsland, Texas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Llano North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78639. It stands on Llano River. The Survey maps it on the Kingsland quadrangle. 7,028 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 837 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresKingsland grew from 4,584 to 7,028 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 | 4,584 | |
| 2010 | 6,030 | +1,446 (+32%) |
| 2020 | 7,028 | +998 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1887 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Burnet 3-b quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Marble Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Marble Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Kingsland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
83 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Kingsland between 2007 and 2020, burning about 532 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SLAB FIRE |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2899/2233 |
| 25 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELLEN WILLIAMS TRACTOR FIRE |
| 20 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-027513 |
| 1 September 2019 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ORCHARD |
| 5 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HVVFD FIRE |
| 31 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HVVFD FIRE |
| 30 August 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOOK OUT MNT. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Kingsland: 4 producers, 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, REE, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Talc-Soapstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsland Area | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Packsaddle Mountain Location | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Rose Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Granite | |
| Williams Mine | REE, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Allanite, Fluorite | |
| Badu Hill Mine | Feldspar, REE | Past Producer | 1936 | |
| Cactus Canyon Llano Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Disintegrated Feldspar | Feldspar | Unknown | ||
| Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Premier Rose Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingsland in 33 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 14 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Kingsland | $20,000,000 | Heavy rain overnight produced flash flooding that washed away the FM 2900 bridge across the Llano River in Kingsland. A body was recovered near Kingsland and it was determined that this fatality came from a flood in the city of Junction the previous week. Damage to the bridge is estimated at 20 million dollars. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsland | $1,000,000 | The line of thunderstorms struck Kingsland in the late afternoon, producing widespread wind damage across the northwest part of the town. The winds were estimated at 70 knots, based on the worst damage which occurred generally along FM1431 from near its intersection with FM2900 northwestward to Oklahoma Street. This is an area almost one mile long and one half mile wide. Medium to large tree limbs were scattered all over the area and numerous large trees had been knocked over or broken off above the ground. The total number of damaged trees was in the hundreds. In addition, many homes were damaged as the trees fell. Many of these trees had very shallow root systems and some showed signs of disease. The legs of a tall, three-legged water tower near the intersection of RR14231 and RR2545 were twisted by the winds, causing the tower to lean almost 4 feet off center and damaging the tower. As a result, it began leaking and several homes were evacuated, fearing that it might collapse. Roofs were peeled off dozens of homes and large pieces of aluminum roofing were sent flying everywhere. This was probably the most dangerous and frightening part of the event. Fortunately there were no injuries. The storms left several neighborhoods without power through the night and into the following morning. The NWS survey indicated that all of the damage was blown toward the southeast. This, and the large size and shape of the damage area, led the NWS Survey Team to conclude the damage was caused by severe thunderstorm winds and not by a tornado or series of tornadoes. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Kingsland | $30,000 | Thunderstorms in southeast Llano County produced a general rainfall of 1 to 2 inches, with up to 4 inches near Sunrise Beach. FM2900 and FM2233 were closed through much of the evening due to high water. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsland | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees in Kingsland. Wind gusts were measured at 60 knots by the School Weather Network at the Kingsland Library. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsland | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsland | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down power poles in Kingsland. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsland | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 48 knots that knocked down large tree branches and blew the roof off a boat dock. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsland | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that uprooted trees at the Lighthouse Country Club in Kingsland. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsland | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down a large tree in the 1000 block of Euel Moore Dr. in Kingsland. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Kingsland | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Kingsland. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsland | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 70 mph by the Kingsland mesonet station. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Kingsland | - | Multiple rounds of thunderstorms produced 7 to 20 inches of rain over the Llano River watershed in Mason County sending a flood wave downstream into Llano County where 2-9 inches of rain fell. The RR 3404 river crossing in Kingsland was overtopped. The most significant damage in Llano County was sustained to docks in the river in the Kingsland area. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Kingsland | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Kingsland. A trained spotter posted pictures of the hail on Twitter. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Kingsland | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail southwest of Kingsland. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kingsland | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph which blew down tree limbs in Kingsland. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Kingsland | - | Heavy rain caused flooding which required a few evacuations of residents along Sandy Creek in Kingsland. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Kingsland | - | Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell in the area from Kingsland to Sunrise Beach with widespread flash flooding through the late evening. FM2147 was reported closed due to flooding near Horseshoe Bay. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Kingsland | - | Thunderstorms over western Llano County and southern Burnet County produced 2 to 3 inch rain totals, with up to 6 inches between Kingsland and Marble Falls. Most roads within a ten mile radius of Kingsland were closed, including FM1431, FM2342, and FM2900. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Kingsland | - | Sandy Creek at Kingsland crested at 15.2 feet at 1215cst on June 27, where flood stage is 12 feet. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Kingsland | - | Thunderstorms produced a general 2 to 3 inch rain over much of Llano, Burnet, Blanco and Williamson Counties, with up to 4 inches south of Kingsland. FM1431and FM2900 were closed south of Kingsland. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Kingsland | - | Early afternoon thunderstorms produced up to 3 inches of rain near Kingsland. Flash flooding closed FM1431 north of Kingsland. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Kingsland | - | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees. |
| March 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Kingsland | - | As the supercell thunderstorm continued eastward, it spawned a third tornado just west of Kingsland. Again, this tornado was very small and short-lived and caused no known damage. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Kingsland | - | The sheriff's office made several reports of large hail. The initial report came from Oxford, of dime-size hail. A few minutes later golfball-size hail was reported in Kingsland. About an hour late as another area of thunderstorms moved into the County nickel-size hail was reported south of Llano. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Kingsland | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Kingsland | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Kingsland | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Kingsland | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Kingsland | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Kingsland | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Kingsland | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Kingsland | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Kingsland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Heights | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Sunrise Beach Village | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Gainesville | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Buchanan Dam | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Horseshoe Bay | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| Click | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Golden Beach | 10.0 miles | 18 | |
| Stolz | 10.3 miles | 16 |
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 Kingsland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q970187 | 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 1360680. 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.












