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Aledo, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weatherford Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76008. It stands on Town Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aledo quadrangle. 4,858 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 883 feet above sea level.

Aledo within Parker County

Population over time

2 figures

Aledo grew from 2,716 to 4,858 between 2010 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
20102,716
20204,858+2,142 (+79%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

61 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Aledo between 2005 and 2019, burning about 5,782 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1

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
28 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12000 ALEDO/IONA
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13558 OLD WEATHERFORD RD
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH 20 SR
6 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODLAND HILLS
4 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceW IH 30
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2000 UNDERWOOD RD
23 August 2006Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH-20 NSR & FM 3325

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Parker County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Aledo: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aledo Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Parker County

Storms near this place

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aledo in 65 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 42 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
March 2025Thunderstorm WindAledo1 hurt, $75,000RVs were overturned due to high winds near the 14500 block of White Settlement Rd in Parker County. One woman was injured and taken to the hospital.
May 1995HailAledo$4,000,000Large hail damaged automobiles, businesses and at least 380 homes resulting in an estimated $4 million in damages.
April 2026HailAledo$30,000Trained spotter emailed a photo of 2.5 inch hail northeast of Aledo.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Aledo$20,000Trained spotters observed a brief tornado well south of Annetta South, in Parker County.
October 1996HailAledo$10,000no account filed
August 2017Thunderstorm WindAledo$5,000Fire and rescue reported trees and power lines down near the intersection of I-20 and Farmer Road, approximately 2 miles north of the city of Aledo, TX.
April 2017HailAledo$5,000An storm spotter reported quarter size hail near Aledo.
May 2009HailAledo$5,000Golfball size hail fell 3 miles north of Aledo.
May 2009HailAledo$5,000Golfball size hail fell 6 miles southeast of Aledo.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindAledo$5,000Power lines were blown down by high winds.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindAledo$3,000Bedroom windows were blown into a house.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindAledo$2,000A building was damaged south of Aledo by high winds.
March 2016HailAledo$1,000A large quantity of quarter sized hail fell 3 miles northeast of Aledo.
April 2015Tornado (EF0)Aledo$1,000A National Weather Service storm survey crew found evidence of a tornado in a much wider swath of straight line wind damage. The tornado occurred in a one mile path approximately 4 miles southeast of Aledo, between River Ranch Road and Farm to Market Road 1187 in Parker County. The tornado did minimal damage to trees and power lines.
April 2012HailAledo$1,000Quarter sized hail was reported in Aledo.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindAledo$100A large tree was blown down onto Farm Market 1187.
April 2026HailAledo-Amateur radio operator reported 1 inch hail south of Aledo on Kelly Rd at the Trinity River crossing.
March 2025HailAledo-An mPING report indicated quarter sized hail 1 mile southeast of Annetta South.
June 2024HailAledo-Reported via mPing.
April 2023HailAledo-A public report indicated quarter sized hail in the far west portions of Fort Worth.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindAledo-A ham radio operator measured a 68 mph wind gust on I-30 at the Tarrant and Parker County line.
May 2021HailAledo-A social media report indicated quarter sized hail 2 miles north of Aledo, TX.
May 2020HailAledo-A National Weather Service Employee reported quarter sized hail near the city of Aledo, TX.
April 2019HailAledo-Amateur radio reported quarter size hail in the city of Aledo, TX.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindAledo-Broadcast media reported a wind gust between 60 and 65 MPH near the intersection of Interstate 20 and Farmer Road just north of the city of Aledo, TX.
March 2016HailAledo-Amateur radio reported quarter-sized hail approximately 2 miles northwest of Cresson, TX.
August 2012HailAledo-One-inch diameter hail was reported 9 miles south of Aledo.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindAledo-Winds of 50 to 60 MPH and nickel sized hail was reported near Bear Creek Community Church.
August 2012HailAledo-Winds of 50 to 60 MPH winds and nickel sized hail was reported near Bear Creek Community Church.
September 2009HailAledo-Quarter size hail was reported 9 miles southwest of Benbrook.
May 2009HailAledo-Quarter size hail fell 3 miles east-southeast of Willow Park.
May 2009HailAledo-Quarter size hail fell 2 miles north of Aledo.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindAledo-Spotter measured a 70 MPH wind gust in town near Interstate 20.
June 2004Flash FloodAledo-Three homes were flooded, and at least 50 county and farm to market roads closed due to flooding. At 315 AM there was a high water rescue just south of Aledo. The Horseshoe Bend housing community had to be evacuated at 954 AM. Many roads remained closed at 635 PM.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindAledo-Wind gusts to 70 mph were estimated along and south of Interstate 30 from the Aledo area eastward.
March 2002HailAledo-Golfball to larger than baseball size hail was reported with a spotter reporting a broken windshield.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAledo-Thunderstorm winds reported at the intersection of IH 20 and IH 30.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindAledo-Power lines were blown down by high winds.
May 2021HailAledo-no account filed
April 2020HailAledo-no account filed
May 2015HailAledo-no account filed
April 2008HailAledo-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAledo-no account filed
March 2004HailAledo-no account filed
May 2004HailAledo-no account filed
June 2004HailAledo-no account filed
May 2003HailAledo-no account filed
April 2002HailAledo-no account filed
May 2002HailAledo-no account filed
April 2002HailAledo-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindAledo-no account filed
March 2000HailAledo-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindAledo-no account filed
May 1999HailAledo-no account filed
February 1998HailAledo-no account filed
February 1997Flash FloodAledo-no account filed
February 1997Flash FloodAledo-no account filed
April 1997HailAledo-no account filed
January 1996HailAledo-no account filed
June 1996HailAledo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Parker 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
Iona2.7 miles18
Annetta South3.6 miles17
Annetta4.0 miles17
Annetta North4.2 miles17
Willow Park5.3 miles16
Hudson Oaks7.0 miles16
Center Point7.4 miles17
Earls8.0 miles17

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 AledoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q978699The 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 1329342. 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.