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.
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.
Fred Florence Halllisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Perkins Hall of Administrationlisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
McFarlin Memorial Auditoriumlisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Virginia Halllisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Dallas Halllisted 1978 · 1.0 miles away
Snider Halllisted 1980 · 1.0 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresUniversity 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23,324 | |
| 2010 | 23,068 | -256 (-1%) |
| 2020 | 25,278 | +2,210 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1931 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
232 since 2014Regional 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/undetermined | 196 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3860 WALNUT HILL |
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | THICKET |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCOUT |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOCKINGBIRD |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAWKINS |
| 6 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BROOK |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROSS |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | N. STEMMONS SERV SB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Hail | University Park | $3,000,000 | Hail 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 2012 | Hail | University Park | $1,200,000 | Continuous golf ball sized hail was falling 2 miles northeast of University Park. |
| June 1996 | Lightning | University Park | $450,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | University Park | $300,000 | Baseball sized hail fell at Skillman Street and Southwestern Blvd in Dallas. |
| August 2011 | Lightning | University Park | $200,000 | A 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 2024 | Flash Flood | University Park | $20,000 | Broadcast 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | University Park | $20,000 | A downburst snapped a 5-6 inch tree limb in University Park. |
| January 2025 | Flash Flood | University Park | $10,000 | Broadcast media reported a high water rescue at the intersection of Goforth Road and Eagle Trail in northeast Dallas. |
| February 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | University Park | $5,000 | Sixty-five MPH winds were estimated at North Central Expressway/Highway 75 and Northwest Highway/Loop 12 in University Park. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | University Park | $5,000 | Winds of 65 mph were estimated in University Park. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | University Park | $3,000 | Non specific wind damage was reported by a ham radio operator. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | University Park | $3,000 | Large tree limbs were broken by high winds. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | University Park | $2,000 | Numerous 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 2023 | Hail | University Park | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near University Park. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | University Park | - | Amateur radio reported 3 inch diameter limbs down at the intersection of Amesbury Drive and Southwestern Blvd in Dallas, TX. |
| May 2012 | Hail | University Park | - | Penny to nickel sized hail was reported on the northwest corner of White Rock Lake. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | University Park | - | A 64 MPH wind gust was measured by an ASOS at Dallas Love Field. |
| June 2023 | Hail | University Park | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | University Park | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | University Park | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q979410 | The 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.








