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Lolaville, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the McKinney census division. The Survey maps it on the Hebron quadrangle. It stands 705 feet above sea level.

Lolaville within Collin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

33 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Lolaville between 2005 and 2017, burning about 48 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
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
21 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceROLATER AND COIT ROAD
18 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILLIFORD COMMAND
15 September 2011Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHARLESTON
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceKENT COMMAND
6 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution18 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMAIN STREET GRASS FIRE
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOIT / 121 GRASS FIRE
31 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDALLAS PKWY/COTTON GIN COMMAND
3 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-0001442

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collin County

Storms near this place

25 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lolaville in 25 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 2 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
August 2009LightningLolaville$750,000Lightning destroyed a house on the 5000 block of Pinehurst.
April 2019LightningLolaville$150,000Frisco Fire Department reported a lightning strike which led to extensive damage to a home on Robin Creek Ln in the city of Frisco, TX.
June 2023HailLolaville$100,000A social media report indicated golf ball sized hail near Legacy Dr in Frisco.
June 2015LightningLolaville$25,000Lightning was the suspected cause of a house fire in Plano on Rockcreek Lane. The fire was contained to the attic and the roof.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindLolaville$15,000A wind gust of 71 MPH was reported at the Frisco Fire Station #3. Several trees and fences were knocked down in the neighborhood between Coit Road and Hillcrest Dr. Trampolines were also damaged in this neighborhood. Seven young trees were knocked down at a park near Gunstream Elementary.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindLolaville$7,000Sixty mph winds were estimated in north Plano.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindLolaville$500Trees and fences were damaged near Sweet Water Dr, Robincreek Ln, and River Oaks Drive in Frisco.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindLolaville-Public reported a 76 mph wind gust north of Plano.
March 2025HailLolaville-Reported via mPING east of The Colony.
May 2024HailLolaville-Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
May 2024HailLolaville-Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
May 2024HailLolaville-Public reported 1 inch hail on the corner of Preston and Legacy.
May 2024HailLolaville-Amateur radio operator reported 1 inch hail in The Colony.
May 2024HailLolaville-Public reported 1 inch hail near Sam Rayburn Tollway and Preston Road in Frisco.
May 2024HailLolaville-Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
May 2024Flash FloodLolaville-A trained spotter reported several stalled cars due to flooding along portions of Legacy Drive between 121 and 75.
May 2023HailLolaville-A trained spotter reported ping pong ball sized hail at the corner of Legacy Drive and Ohio Drive in Plano.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLolaville-A trained spotter reported 6 to 10 inch diameter tree limbs from a healthy tree blown down near the intersection of Hwy 121 and Parkwood Blvd near the border of Frisco and Plano, TX.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindLolaville-Amateur radio reported a 75 MPH wind gust near College Pkwy at Hwy 121.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindLolaville-A social media report indicated a 63 MPH wind gust northwest of the intersection of Independence Rd and McDermott Rd.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindLolaville-A social media report indicated large tree branches blown down about 6.5 miles northwest of Plano, TX.
May 2016HailLolaville-Amateur radio reported nickel sized hail near the intersection of Highway 121 and the Dallas North Tollway.
March 2012FloodLolaville-Twenty-three roads were closed overnight in the county, with most closures in the northeastern portions of the county.
May 2022HailLolaville-no account filed
February 1997Flash FloodLolaville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Collin 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
Lebanon1.1 miles13
Frisco3.8 miles13
Shepton4.9 miles13
Cowley6.3 miles13
Collin7.0 miles13
Allen7.2 miles12
Rockhill7.4 miles13
Renner7.6 miles24

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 LolavilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16894269The 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 1378594. 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.