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Prosper, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Celina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75078. The Survey maps it on the Frisco quadrangle. 30,174 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 682 feet above sea level.

Prosper within Collin County

Population over time

2 figures

Prosper grew from 9,423 to 30,174 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
20109,423
202030,174+20,751 (+220%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

77 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Prosper between 2005 and 2017, burning about 502 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined38
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking8
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSMILEY ROAD
21 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePANTHER CREEK COMMAND
21 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDALLAS PARKWAY COMMAND
20 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1771 S. PRESTON
2 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHANCE FIRE
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePRESTON RD/CARTER RANCH RD
18 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSH 289/ CR 83
15 September 2012Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOCKINGBIRD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collin 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 Prosper: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
James Fraze Co Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Collin County

Storms near this place

36 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prosper in 36 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 21 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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
April 2011HailProsper$200,000Hail up to the size of baseballs fell in the town of Prosper for several minutes. The hail significantly damaged homes, windows, cars and trees in town.
October 2019LightningProsper$150,000One home was destroyed by a lightning strike on Harvard Ave in Prosper.
April 2017HailProsper$60,000An amateur radio operator reported baseball size hail just east of Prosper.
June 2011LightningProsper$30,000A lightning strike ignited a house fire in Prosper.
April 2018HailProsper$25,000A social media report indicated golfball to tennis ball sized hail in the city of Prosper, TX.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindProsper$20,000no account filed
February 2009Thunderstorm WindProsper$15,000Prosper Fire Chief reports 7 or 8 barns and outbuildings were damaged by high winds.
April 2011HailProsper$15,000no account filed
March 2019HailProsper$10,000A trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail near the intersection of Dallas Parkway and University Dr approximately one mile southwest of the city of Prosper, TX.
April 2018HailProsper$10,000Golfball sized hail was reported via social media in the city of Prosper, TX.
April 2017HailProsper$10,000Social media reported golf ball size near Prosper.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindProsper$5,000Strong outflow winds around 60 mph were reported in Prosper. The strong outflow was from a thunderstorm to the northwest of the city. Fences and fence posts were blown down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindProsper$5,000Winds up to 80 mph were estimated in Prosper.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindProsper$2,000A 60 MPH wind gust was reported by a storm spotter in Prosper. Several trees approximately 4 inches in diameter were blown down.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindProsper$2,000no account filed
March 2024Thunderstorm WindProsper$1,000A social media report indicated that a portion of a sheet metal roof was removed from a building and blown onto the road near the intersection of North Preston Rd and Hickory Creek Dr.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindProsper-Amateur radio operator reported a 69 mph wind gust in Prosper.
May 2024Flash FloodProsper-Emergency management reported that the road was impassable at US Highway 380 and Dallas North Tollway.
December 2024HailProsper-Reported via mPing.
May 2023HailProsper-Quarter size hail was reported one mile north of US-380 and Dallas North Tollway.
March 2019HailProsper-A social media report indicated quarter-sized hail in the city of Prosper, TX.
April 2018HailProsper-Amateur radio reported quarter-sized hail in the city of Prosper, TX.
April 2018HailProsper-A public report indicated quarter-sized hail in the city of Prosper, TX.
April 2018HailProsper-Amateur radio reported ping pong ball sized hail in the city of Prosper, TX.
November 2018HailProsper-A trained spotter reported half-dollar sized hail in the city of Prosper, TX.
October 2018FloodProsper-Prosper Fire and Rescue reported several roads temporarily closed due to flooding.
April 2017HailProsper-A trained spotter reported one-inch diameter hail 2 miles west-southwest of the city of Prosper, TX.
May 2015Flash FloodProsper-A social media report indicated a swift water rescue in the town of Prosper, TX.
April 2014HailProsper-Quarter sized hail fell in Prosper.
March 2013HailProsper-Amateur radio operators reported hail to the size of quarters in Prosper.
January 1998Flash FloodProsper-Many roads were reported flooded in the western portion of the county.
September 2011HailProsper-no account filed
March 2000HailProsper-no account filed
February 1998HailProsper-no account filed
April 1997HailProsper-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindProsper-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
Rockhill2.2 miles13
Collin2.7 miles13
Rhea Mills4.0 miles7
Frisco6.0 miles13
Celina6.2 miles8
Bloomdale6.5 miles11
Buckner7.4 miles11
Lebanon8.5 miles13

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 ProsperAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q620305The 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 1344593. 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.