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University Park, Texas

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northeast Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75205. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle. 25,278 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 548 feet above sea level.

University Park within Dallas County

On record in University Park

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 within a mile 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

3 figures

University Park grew from 23,324 to 25,278 between 2000 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
200023,324
201023,068-256 (-1%)
202025,278+2,210 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 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

232 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of University Park between 2014 and 2017, burning about 48 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined196
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3860 WALNUT HILL
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTHICKET
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSCOUT
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOCKINGBIRD
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAWKINS
6 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBROOK
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceROSS
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceN. STEMMONS SERV SB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

20 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names University Park in 20 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 8 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
June 2012HailUniversity Park$3,000,000Hail up to the size of baseballs caused damage at NorthPark Center. Skylights were broken at the mall. Many cars were also damaged by the hail.
June 2012HailUniversity Park$1,200,000Continuous golf ball sized hail was falling 2 miles northeast of University Park.
June 1996LightningUniversity Park$450,000no account filed
May 2011HailUniversity Park$300,000Baseball sized hail fell at Skillman Street and Southwestern Blvd in Dallas.
August 2011LightningUniversity Park$200,000A lightning strike started a house fire on Axminster Court by White Rock Lake. The damage to the 5400 square home was estimated around $200,000.
June 2024Flash FloodUniversity Park$20,000Broadcast media reported that an SUV was found submerged in high water, and appeared to have been swept off the road from rushing water while crossing W Lawther Dr between NW Hwy and Goforth Rd. This location is just north of White Rock Lake.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindUniversity Park$20,000A downburst snapped a 5-6 inch tree limb in University Park.
January 2025Flash FloodUniversity Park$10,000Broadcast media reported a high water rescue at the intersection of Goforth Road and Eagle Trail in northeast Dallas.
February 2013Thunderstorm WindUniversity Park$5,000Sixty-five MPH winds were estimated at North Central Expressway/Highway 75 and Northwest Highway/Loop 12 in University Park.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindUniversity Park$5,000Winds of 65 mph were estimated in University Park.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindUniversity Park$3,000Non specific wind damage was reported by a ham radio operator.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindUniversity Park$3,000Large tree limbs were broken by high winds.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindUniversity Park$2,000Numerous power lines were reported as being knocked down along Greenville Ave in North Dallas. Some vehicles may have also been damaged in that area as well. The Dallas Morning News also reported that 2 transformers were knocked down on Greenville Ave.
June 2023HailUniversity Park-Quarter sized hail was reported near University Park.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindUniversity Park-Amateur radio reported 3 inch diameter limbs down at the intersection of Amesbury Drive and Southwestern Blvd in Dallas, TX.
May 2012HailUniversity Park-Penny to nickel sized hail was reported on the northwest corner of White Rock Lake.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindUniversity Park-A 64 MPH wind gust was measured by an ASOS at Dallas Love Field.
June 2023HailUniversity Park-no account filed
July 2003HailUniversity Park-no account filed
April 1993HailUniversity Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Highland Park1.2 miles26
Meaders2.7 miles24
Rawlins3.5 miles21
Gifford3.8 miles24
Bouchard4.5 miles24
Oldham4.6 miles24
Dallas4.6 miles26
Inwood5.7 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 University ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q979410The 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 1377191. 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.