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Pflugerville, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Northeast Travis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78660. The Survey maps it on the Pflugerville East quadrangle. 65,191 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 719 feet above sea level.

Pflugerville within Travis County

On record in Pflugerville

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

Pflugerville grew from 46,936 to 65,191 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
201046,936
202065,191+18,255 (+39%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

87 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Pflugerville between 2005 and 2017, burning about 2,681 acres in total. None 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/undetermined60
Debris and open burning8
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined325 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHODDE LANE FIRE
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3300 BLOCK SH 130
8 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2015Debris and open burning1,200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLLANO CO.
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSH 130 AT FM 971

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis 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 Pflugerville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium. 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
Mc Neil Plant & QuarryCalciumProducer

Every working recorded in Travis County

Storms near this place

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pflugerville in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 15 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 10 injuries. 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
May 2001Thunderstorm WindPflugerville10 hurt, $2,000,000no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindPflugerville$80,000A downburst from a severe thunderstorm tore the roof off a church and knocked over 2 mobile homes.
June 2007Flash FloodPflugerville$50,000Scattered to numerous thunderstorms over northern Travis and southern Williamson Counties produced 2 to 4 inches of rain. Highest totals in Travis County were 6 inches near Jollyville. Closed due to high water were FM1325, FM260, and FM1431.
May 1993HailPflugerville$50,000Half-dollar-size hail was reported in Pflugerville, numerous cars were damaged. Wind gusts to 59 MPH were recorded at the National Weather Service Office in Austin. Dime-size hail and larger was reported in the southeast part of Austin.
June 2007Flash FloodPflugerville$30,000Thunderstorms produced from 2 to 4 inch rainfall in central Travis County with up to 6 inches near Oak Hill. Many Austin streets and rural roads were closed due to high water, including FM2244 and FM1825.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPflugerville$1,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down some one inch tree limbs in Pflugerville.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindPflugerville$1,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down some one inch tree limbs in Pflugerville.
April 2021HailPflugerville$1,000A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail near Pflugerville that dented a car and broke a car window.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPflugerville$1,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that snapped numerous medium and large tree limbs near Pflugerville.
September 2023HailPflugerville-A thunderstorm produced tea cup size hail in Pflugerville.
September 2023HailPflugerville-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Pflugerville.
April 2021HailPflugerville-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Pflugerville.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPflugerville-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph by a spotter near the intersection of Hwy 45 and Hwy 130 in Pflugerville.
May 2017HailPflugerville-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Pflugerville.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindPflugerville-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 51 kts. These winds damaged some shingles and holiday decorations.
September 2013Flash FloodPflugerville-Heavy rain caused flash flooding at FM 685 and FM1825.
October 2013Flash FloodPflugerville-There were numerous roads closed and water rescues in and around Pflugerville. There were rainfall reports of over 8 inches of rain during the late evening hours up through 1am.
February 2009HailPflugerville-One of the broadcast media relayed a report of penny size hail.
June 2009HailPflugerville-A thunderstorm produced hail ranging from nickel to golf ball size in the Pflugerville area.
July 2007Flash FloodPflugerville-Thunderstorms over Williamson and Travis Counties produced from 2 to 3 inches of rain on the morning of July 20, with up to 4 inches near Del Valle. 36 roads were reported to be closed in eastern Travis County due to flash flooding.
April 2006Flash FloodPflugerville-Mid afternoon thunderstorms produced general 1inch rainfall in the Pflugerville area, with up to 3 inches falling in isolated locations. The police department reported numerous streets closed through the late afternoon due to flash flooding.
August 2005Flash FloodPflugerville-Up to 3 inches of rain fell near the sunrise period around Pflugerville, causing flash flooding that closed FM1825 and FM1325 just west of Pflugerville.
November 2001Tornado (F0)Pflugerville-A small and short-lived F0 tornado was spotted by the public who had been trained in NWS public safety programs. The tornado occurred in an open area and caused no damage.
March 2000Tornado (F0)Pflugerville-A small and short-lived tornado was observed by Sheriff's Department Officers.
September 1995Thunderstorm WindPflugerville-Power out to 75,000. May take 48 hours to restore. Numerous structural fires due to lightning. Hundreds of power and phone lines down. Many without power for over 48 hours. The combined effect of high winds and heavy rain caused the collapse of a wall in one building and destroyed the roof of another building in a downtown Austin apartment complex. This forced the evacuation of 50 residents. The driver and passenger in a vehicle were injured when a construction barrier was blown over on their truck. Another driver was injured slightly when lightning struck a truck, tossing out bricks that were stacked in the truck bed. Other minor injuries were reported in Austin due to flying pieces of broken glass. A boatload of tourists on Lake Travis had to be rescued due to the combination of rough waters stirred up by high winds. Several football games were cancelled or terminated early, again preventing injuries.
March 2013HailPflugerville-no account filed
June 2009HailPflugerville-no account filed
April 2008HailPflugerville-no account filed
June 2007Funnel CloudPflugerville-no account filed
April 2006HailPflugerville-no account filed
April 2006HailPflugerville-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindPflugerville-no account filed
November 2001HailPflugerville-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindPflugerville-no account filed
March 1999HailPflugerville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Travis 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
Ward Spring1.6 miles17
Windemere2.1 miles17
Dessau Fountains2.3 miles17
Three Points2.4 miles17
Dessau2.7 miles17
Idyle Hour Acres3.1 miles17
Wells Branch3.2 miles17
Kings Village3.7 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 PflugervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q772596The 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 1365131. 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.