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Taylor, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Taylor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76574. It stands on Bull Branch. The Survey maps it on the Taylor quadrangle. 16,267 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 564 feet above sea level.

Taylor within Williamson County

On record in Taylor

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 7 records

Population over time

2 figures

Taylor grew from 15,191 to 16,267 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
201015,191
202016,267+1,076 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

39 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Taylor between 2009 and 2017, burning about 41 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
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
6 September 2015Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSANDY LN
22 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceN MAIN
16 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service202 SE CARLOS PARKER
11 September 2014Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARLOS PARKER COMMAND
9 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
6 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1301 W. SECOND ST.
21 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-0000909
10 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNORTH MAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamson County

Storms near this place

26 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylor in 26 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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 2009Thunderstorm WindTaylor$250,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts, estimated at 80 mph, that tore the metal roof off a building at Jones and Maresh Streets. Numerous trees were blown down across the town of Taylor. Several businesses sustained roof damage. A private citizen measured 80 mph wind gusts during the storm with an unofficial weather station. The widespread damage to the town, including a brick building downtown, verifies the strong wind report.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindTaylor$100,000Roofs were damaged, with some blown off homes, by severe thunderstorm winds. A mobile home was also damaged by the severe winds. Over 9000 homes were without power in Cedar Park for several hours due to the storm.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindTaylor$100,000Widespread wind damage was reported to trees, outbuildings and to roofs of homes.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindTaylor$100,000Severe thunderstorm winds caused damage to roofs and sheds in the area around Taylor during the early morning hours.
May 2000HailTaylor$80,000An NWS cooperative observer reported damage to roofs as well as crop damage due to large hail driven by 40 mph winds.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindTaylor$50,000Power lines and trees were knocked over by severe thunderstorm winds.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindTaylor$15,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindTaylor$10,000Widespread damage reported across the county to trees and roofs due to the damaging winds.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindTaylor$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that downed power lines in Taylor.
April 2025HailTaylor-A thunderstorm produced tennis ball size hail near Taylor High School.
April 2025HailTaylor-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail on the north side of Taylor.
May 2024HailTaylor-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Taylor.
April 2024HailTaylor-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail on the southwest side of Taylor.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindTaylor-Thunderstorm outflow winds broke tree limbs averaging 3 to 4 inches in diameter, and blew down a power pole.
May 2011HailTaylor-One of our media partners relayed a report of a thunderstorm that produced golf ball size hail near Taylor.
January 2007Flash FloodTaylor-Thunderstorms accompanying the cold front moved particularly slowly across Williamson County, with general rain totals of 1 to 2 inches and highest amounts of 4 to 5 inches between Taylor and Bartlett. SH29, FM971, FM972, and FM1331 were closed due to high water.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindTaylor-Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines between Weir and Taylor. Power was out to over 2000 people for several hours.
November 2004Tornado (F0)Taylor-A member of the public spotted a small tornado as it dropped to the ground in open country just northwest of Taylor. The tornado was small and short-lived and caused no known damage. It was rated F0 on the Fujita Scale.
November 2001Tornado (F0)Taylor-Another small F0 tornado was observed by the Williamson County Sheriffs Department between Taylor and Thrall. It was also photographed by the public. The tornado tracked northeastward across open country. No damage was indicated.
June 2018HailTaylor-no account filed
March 2013HailTaylor-no account filed
October 2005HailTaylor-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindTaylor-no account filed
June 2002HailTaylor-no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindTaylor-no account filed
August 1996HailTaylor-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
Frame Switch2.9 miles15
Wuthrich Hill4.6 miles14
Circleville4.8 miles15
Waterloo4.8 miles15
Noack5.6 miles14
Beyersville6.0 miles14
Thrall6.1 miles14
Hoxie6.7 miles14

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 TaylorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981995The 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 1369631. 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.