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Nolanville, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Killeen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76559. The Survey maps it on the Nolanville quadrangle. 5,917 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 709 feet above sea level.

Nolanville within Bell County

Population over time

2 figures

Nolanville grew from 4,259 to 5,917 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
20104,259
20205,917+1,658 (+39%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

143 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Nolanville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,434 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined83
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTILLHOUSE FIRE
4 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBIG VALLEY
28 September 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service5700 BIRMINGHAM CIR
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceON E VETERANS MEMORIAL BLVD @ RIO BLVD
19 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1901 CEDARHILL DR
1 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Nolanville: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Nolanville QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Nolanville Quarry & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Bandas Industries Manning QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dresser Minerals Inc OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Bell County

Storms near this place

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nolanville in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 13 flash flood, 12 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2015Flash FloodNolanville1 killed, $30,000Heavy rainfall in remnant bands from TD Bill resulted in flooding in Nolanville. An 11 year old boy was swept into a drainage culvert near Avenue H and 10th Street after losing his footing when approaching whirling high waters in the culvert. He passed away on the 18th.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindNolanville$50,000Two portable classrooms were destroyed by thunderstorm winds, with damage estimated at $60,000.
April 1993Thunderstorm WindNolanville$50,000Thunderstorm winds heavily damaged four mobile homes.
December 1997Flash FloodNolanville$30,000A home was flooded by high water and residents were evacuated.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindNolanville$25,000Strong winds damaged roofs, and blew down trees and power lines.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindNolanville$20,000Widespread damage to trees and power lines was reported across the city.
March 2014HailNolanville$15,000Golf ball sized hail was reported on the north side of Highway 190 near Fort Hood.
May 2024Flash FloodNolanville$6,000Emergency management reported a high water call at Interstate 14 near mile marker 290 in Nolanville.
March 2017HailNolanville$5,000Broadcast media reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Nolanville, TX.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindNolanville$5,000Numerous power lines blown down across the city.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindNolanville$5,000Power lines were blown down and a transformer was blown out due to high winds.
June 2025Flash FloodNolanville$1,000South Nolan Creek and Twin Creek Rd rose 6.32 ft in less than 45 minutes.
March 2022HailNolanville-A public report indicated dime sized hail near Nolanville, TX.
April 2022HailNolanville-A public report indicated dime sized hail about a mile west of Nolanville, TX.
August 2022Flash FloodNolanville-Belton Alert Gauges reported a rise of 9 feet on South Nolan Creek at Paddy Hamilton Road, about 4 miles east of Nolanville.
April 2017Flash FloodNolanville-A trained spotter reported 6 inches of water covering FM 439 in Nolanville.
June 2012HailNolanville-Dime sized hail was reported in Nolanville.
October 2009Flash FloodNolanville-Some roads in Harker Heights were barricaded due to high water.
March 2006Flash FloodNolanville-Crossing Road in Nolanville barricaded due to flooding.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindNolanville-Numerous portable buildings overturned on FM 439 and Quarry Road.
November 2004Flash FloodNolanville-Water was over a bridge in the Nolanville area.
November 2004Flash FloodNolanville-Water was over a bridge in the Nolanville area.
June 2000Flash FloodNolanville-The entrance to a mobile home park had to be barricaded due to high water.
November 2000Flash FloodNolanville-Nolan Creek flooded across FM 3219.
December 1997Flash FloodNolanville-Seventy people were evacuated due to rising flood waters.
September 1995HailNolanville-Power lines were blown down by high winds.
April 2015HailNolanville-no account filed
April 2002HailNolanville-no account filed
May 2001HailNolanville-no account filed
May 2000HailNolanville-no account filed
January 1997HailNolanville-no account filed
September 1996HailNolanville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bell 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
Harker Heights2.9 miles18
Lone Star5.2 miles18
Westcliff5.4 miles19
Union Grove5.4 miles19
Dog Ridge (historical)5.5 miles19
Killeen7.0 miles18
Brookhaven7.1 miles17
Woodland7.1 miles16

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 NolanvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q977955The 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 1363958. 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.