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White Stone, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Cedar Park-Liberty Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78613. The Survey maps it on the Leander quadrangle.

White Stone within Williamson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

56 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of White Stone between 2005 and 2020, burning about 271 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor84 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOONGLOW FIRE
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBLOCKHOUSE
13 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWELL DR & HORSESHOE DR
6 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2006Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of White Stone: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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
Featherlite CorpStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Allen Pit & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Williamson County

Storms near this place

37 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Stone in 37 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 20 hail, 7 flash flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
July 2017LightningWhite Stone$600,000Lightning struck a house on Goodnight Tr. causing a fire in Leander.
July 2017LightningWhite Stone$270,000Lightning struck a house on Lookout Knoll Dr. causing a fire in Leander.
July 2017LightningWhite Stone$100,000Lightning struck a house on Paden Dr. causing a fire in Cedar Park.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindWhite Stone$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that caused damage in the Cedar Grove neighborhood of Cedar Park. Fences and power lines were blown down and roof shingles blown off. The Emergency Manager sent us a photo of a six inch diameter tree limb blown through a wall.
October 2022Thunderstorm WindWhite Stone$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew over a tree onto a fence in Cedar Park.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWhite Stone$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that blew down a 50 foot section of fence in Leander.
May 2015LightningWhite Stone$5,000Lightning struck a house in the 3000 block of Palominos Pass near Cedar Park causing a fire.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWhite Stone$1,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down a large tree limb in Leander.
May 2025Flash FloodWhite Stone-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding of a low water crossing on Cypress Ln. at Black House Creek in Cedar Park.
May 2025HailWhite Stone-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail between Leander and Cedar Park.
May 2025HailWhite Stone-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail between Leander and Cedar Park.
April 2024HailWhite Stone-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail on the west side of Cedar Park.
September 2023HailWhite Stone-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Round Rock.
August 2022Flash FloodWhite Stone-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding of a low water crossing on Peach Tree Ln. at Peggy Garner Park.
August 2022Flash FloodWhite Stone-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding of a low water crossing on Krienke Ranch Rd. at Brushy Creek.
May 2021Flash FloodWhite Stone-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Several roads were flooded near Peggy Garner Park to the north and east of New Hope Dr.
April 2021HailWhite Stone-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Cedar Park.
April 2021HailWhite Stone-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Cedar Park.
October 2019HailWhite Stone-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail near Cedar Park.
August 2016Flash FloodWhite Stone-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. Broadcast media reported water over roads in and around Cedar Park.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindWhite Stone-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that snapped and uprooted multiple trees. Some of the trees had trunks as large as 12 inches in diameter.
October 2015Flash FloodWhite Stone-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing low water crossings on Peach Tree Ln., Sumac Ln., and Cypress Ln. near Block House Creek in Cedar Park.
October 2015Flash FloodWhite Stone-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing low water crossings on Cedar Park Dr. near Cluck Creek in Cedar Park.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindWhite Stone-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked down some tree limbs near Cedar Park.
June 2009HailWhite Stone-Hail was reported on FM 1431 4 miles east of I35.
July 2017HailWhite Stone-no account filed
March 2014HailWhite Stone-no account filed
March 2014HailWhite Stone-no account filed
April 2011HailWhite Stone-no account filed
April 2010HailWhite Stone-no account filed
March 2009HailWhite Stone-no account filed
March 2009HailWhite Stone-no account filed
March 2009HailWhite Stone-no account filed
June 2009HailWhite Stone-no account filed
June 2009HailWhite Stone-no account filed
May 2008HailWhite Stone-no account filed
May 2008HailWhite Stone-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
Walkerton0.9 miles17
Cedar Park1.2 miles17
Leander4.2 miles17
Anderson Mill4.7 miles23
Brushy Creek4.8 miles19
Turkey Hollow5.3 miles17
Pond Springs5.4 miles23
Jollyville6.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1371416. 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.