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Liberty Hill, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cedar Park-Liberty Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78642. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Liberty Hill quadrangle. 3,646 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level.

Liberty Hill within Williamson County

On record in Liberty Hill

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

Population over time

2 figures

Liberty Hill grew from 967 to 3,646 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
2010967
20203,646+2,679 (+277%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 13 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

193 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Liberty Hill between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,696 acres in total. 5 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
Debris and open burning78
Missing data/not specified/undetermined74
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service701 PHILLIP LANE
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service22300 RONALD W REAGAN BLVD
20 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY 201 RD
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4850 RR 1869
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 50
16 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9700 W SH 29
16 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9750 W. SH 29

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Liberty Hill: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Armadillo QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Williamson County

Storms near this place

55 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty Hill in 55 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 32 hail, 11 flash flood, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 2007Flash FloodLiberty Hill1 killedCR258, CR268, CR305 were all closed due to high water, among many others. A husband and wife were driving home in the Georgetown area near 1920 pm CST. Their vehicle stalled in high water in Berry Creek. Rescuers reached the couple and attempted to bring them to safety, both were swept downstream. The woman was successfully rescued but the man drowned.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindLiberty Hill$300,000no account filed
September 2018Flash FloodLiberty Hill$200,000More than sixty people had to be rescued from the Casa Rio Del Colores wedding venue as a large wedding party got trapped from quickly rising waters along the South Fork of the San Gabriel River just south of Liberty Hill. Multiple cars were flooded and inundated.
October 2004Flash FloodLiberty Hill$100,000Slow-moving showers and thunderstorms dropped between 2 and 3 inches of rain in southwest Williamson County in the late evening period. Maximum totals were 5 to 6 inches between Leander and Cedar Park, closing most low water crossings due to flash flooding. Several high water rescues were made between the two cities. Newspapers reported several cars cut off and stranded by water up to 6 feet deep and rising on FM2243 just northeast of Leander.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindLiberty Hill$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that damaged a mall sign at the Liberty Hill Plaza.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindLiberty Hill$8,000Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 50 knots, knocked down numerous trees near the intersection of Highways 285 and 1869.
June 2019Tornado (EF0)Liberty Hill$5,000A small tornado touched down near County Road 287 southwest of Liberty Hill. Numerous trees were damaged in the three quarters of a mile path. Winds are estimated to have been near 75 mph.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindLiberty Hill$5,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts to 50 knots were measured at the Liberty Hill Middle School by the School Weather Network. No damage was indicated.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindLiberty Hill$3,000Public reports high winds causing damage to trees.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindLiberty Hill$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that damaged some trees in Liberty Hill.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindLiberty Hill$2,000A thunderstorm produced heavy rain and wind gusts, estimated at 45 knots, that knocked over highway signs.
May 2025HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail northwest of Liberty Hill.
May 2025HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced pea to quarter size hail northwest of Liberty Hill.
May 2025HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail west of Liberty Hill.
May 2025HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in Liberty Hill.
May 2025HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail south of Liberty Hill.
May 2025HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail south of Liberty Hill.
May 2025HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail southwest of Liberty Hill.
May 2025HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail south of Liberty Hill.
July 2025Flash FloodLiberty Hill-Thunderstorms produced 8-10 inches of rain over the headwaters of the San Gabriel River in Burnet County and an additional 1-2 inches over Liberty Hill. This caused flash flooding.|Law Enforcement reported several large sheds and storage buildings moved off of their foundations and sitting along the side of Hwy 29 in Liberty Hill.
July 2025Flash FloodLiberty Hill-Thunderstorms produced 8-10 inches of rain over the headwaters of the San Gabriel River in Burnet County and an additional 1-2 inches over Liberty Hill. Liberty Hill PD reported that CR 279 is underwater, and the bridge over the South Fork San Gabriel River had several feet of water over it. Flood waters were up 15 to 20 ft high.
July 2025Flash FloodLiberty Hill-Thunderstorms produced 8-10 inches of rain over the headwaters of the San Gabriel River in Burnet County and an additional 1-2 inches over Liberty Hill. First responders performed a water rescue on CR 285, southwest of Liberty Hill. Water was going through first story windows of a house.
April 2024HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail south of Liberty Hill.
April 2023HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail north of Liberty Hill.
April 2023HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail south of Liberty Hill.
April 2023HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail east of Liberty Hill.
April 2023HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail north of Liberty Hill.
April 2023HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in Liberty Hill.
June 2023HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail south of Liberty Hill.
May 2022HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail on Hwy 29 near Liberty Hill.
April 2021HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail and covered the ground with hail.
April 2021HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size east of Liberty Hill.
January 2020HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced pea to nickel size hail north of Liberty Hill.
May 2017HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced hail up to quarter size in Liberty Hill.
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Liberty Hill-A NWS storm survey team found an EF-1 tornado initially touched down near County Road 201 just west of County Road 200. The tornado traveled to the north-northeast through the Indian Oaks and Carriage Oaks subdivisions before crossing County Road 200 and lifting near East Bear Creek Rd. Damage was primarily to large oak trees, but about 7 to 10 homes suffered damage mainly to roofs. The most substantial damage was a complete loss of a chimney. Also, a barn lost part of its roof. Peak winds were estimated at 100 mph.
May 2015Flash FloodLiberty Hill-Several low water crossings were reported closed across western Williamson County.
May 2015FloodLiberty Hill-Several low water crossings remained closed several hours after rain ended in the county. Water continued to flow over the roadways across western Williamson County.
May 2015Flash FloodLiberty Hill-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. A number of homes were evacuated due to flooding in Liberty Hill near FM 1869 and CR 279. Numerous roads were closed including CR 282, CR 279, and Hwy 29 at US 183.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph uprooted some large Oak trees and damaged a mobile home and the roofs of several houses.
September 2012Flash FloodLiberty Hill-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing County Road 279 north of County Road 281.
September 2009HailLiberty Hill-A thunderstorm dropped pea to penny size hail for 10 minutes.
February 2009HailLiberty Hill-One of the broadcast media relayed a report from the Williamson County EMS of penny size hail near the intersection of County Rds. 201 and 206.
May 2007Flash FloodLiberty Hill-Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced general 3 to 4 inch rain amounts between Liberty Hill and Round Rock. Spotters reported 2 feet of water over SH29.
July 2007Flash FloodLiberty Hill-Thunderstorms in southern Williamson County produced between 2 and 3 inches of rain, closing CR214, and CR100, along with several roads in Georgetown.
May 2017HailLiberty Hill-no account filed
March 2013HailLiberty Hill-no account filed
October 2009HailLiberty Hill-no account filed
April 2008HailLiberty Hill-no account filed
May 2007HailLiberty Hill-no account filed
April 2006HailLiberty Hill-no account filed
March 2005HailLiberty Hill-no account filed
November 2004Funnel CloudLiberty Hill-no account filed
May 2000HailLiberty Hill-no account filed
March 1999HailLiberty Hill-no account filed
July 1997HailLiberty Hill-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
Seward Junction2.6 miles13
Jinks Branch2.7 miles13
Santa Rita Ranch4.4 miles15
Hunt Crossing6.1 miles15
Leander7.0 miles17
Andice8.9 miles13
Russell Crossing9.1 miles15
Walkerton10.2 miles17

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 Liberty HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q977911The 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 1361161. 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.