Paoli, Colorado
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Haxtun census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80731. The Survey maps it on the Paoli quadrangle. 51 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,888 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresPaoli grew from 17 to 51 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 | 17 | |
| 2010 | 34 | +17 (+100%) |
| 2020 | 51 | +17 (+50%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sterling quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Paoli quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Julesburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Paoli between 2011 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Haxtun Fire Department | N/A |
| 24 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | HOLYOKE |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Paoli: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
31 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Paoli in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 21 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paoli | - | The report was from a weatherlink station. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paoli | - | The report was from WeatherLink station WL-Paoli 3 miles west. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paoli | - | A trained spotter reported estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph along with very heavy rain. The wind knocked a few small limbs down. |
| July 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Paoli | - | A weak tornado touched down briefly in an open field. No damage was observed. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Paoli | - | The hail damaged broke several windows to a house and damaged vehicles. |
| June 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Paoli | - | A tornado touched down briefly but did no damage. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Paoli | - | Large hail and strong winds shattered windows to homes and vehicles. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paoli | - | Intense thunderstorm winds to 70 mph snapped tree limbs 8 inches in diameter. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Paoli | - | A tornado briefly touched down in open land near Paoli. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Paoli | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Paoli | - | 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 Paoli | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2274779 | 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 182821. 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.



