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One of 74 National Register listings published here for Williamson County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Dr. James L. Dickey House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Dickey, Dr. James L., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. 500 Burkett Rd., Taylor, 76574
- When was it listed? February 2017
- Category. building
- Census division. Taylor
- National Register reference number. 100000675 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
36 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Dr. James L. Dickey House between 2009 and 2017, burning about 38 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 burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDY LN |
| 22 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N MAIN |
| 16 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 202 SE CARLOS PARKER |
| 11 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARLOS PARKER COMMAND |
| 6 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1301 W. SECOND ST. |
| 21 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0000909 |
| 10 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH MAIN |
| 5 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD COUPLAND |
Storms near this property
26 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Taylor, the town this property stands in, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $250,000 | A 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $100,000 | Roofs 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $100,000 | Widespread wind damage was reported to trees, outbuildings and to roofs of homes. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $100,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds caused damage to roofs and sheds in the area around Taylor during the early morning hours. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Taylor | $80,000 | An NWS cooperative observer reported damage to roofs as well as crop damage due to large hail driven by 40 mph winds. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $50,000 | Power lines and trees were knocked over by severe thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $10,000 | Widespread damage reported across the county to trees and roofs due to the damaging winds. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that downed power lines in Taylor. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Taylor | - | A thunderstorm produced tennis ball size hail near Taylor High School. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Taylor | - | A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail on the north side of Taylor. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Taylor | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Taylor. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Taylor | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail on the southwest side of Taylor. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | - | Thunderstorm outflow winds broke tree limbs averaging 3 to 4 inches in diameter, and blew down a power pole. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Taylor | - | One of our media partners relayed a report of a thunderstorm that produced golf ball size hail near Taylor. |
| January 2007 | Flash Flood | Taylor | - | 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | - | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines between Weir and Taylor. Power was out to over 2000 people for several hours. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (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 2001 | Tornado (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 2018 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Taylor | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Taylor | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Preslar-Hewitt Building | 0.3 miles | 2003 |
 | Taylor National Bank | 0.4 miles | 1980 |
| Taylor Downtown Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2005 | |
| Taylor High School Campus | 0.5 miles | 2018 | |
 | Zidell House | 1.7 miles | 2009 |
| McFadin House | 4.8 miles | 1980 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100000675 in Record Group 79. |
| Williamson County | All 74 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.