Cleo, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Junction Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76849. It stands on West Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elm Slough quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Stark Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mason quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Cleo between 2008 and 2018, burning about 173 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-98 |
| 18 August 2011 | Natural | 127 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOG FIRE |
| 11 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010-35 |
| 10 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201851 |
| 23 April 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-40 |
| 17 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009-21 |
| 6 December 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleo in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 16 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Flood | Cleo | $10,000,000 | Prolonged heavy rainfall continued to flood roads across Kimble County. This flooding damaged 324 miles of roads and several bridges. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Cleo | - | Public reported 2 to 3 feet deep flood waters across RM 2291 in north-central Kimble County. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Cleo | - | Public reported ping pong ball size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Cleo | - | Public reported on social media golf ball to tennis ball size hail just south of Cleo. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Cleo | - | COOP observer reported half dollar size hail. There was mostly dime size hail falling for 2 hours. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Cleo | - | The public reported hail up to golf ball size along Mile Marker 445 on I-10 west of Junction. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Cleo | - | A rainfall observer reported golf ball to baseball size hail between Junction and Roosevelt. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Cleo | - | The public reported golf ball to baseball size hail in Cleo in northern Kimble County. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Cleo | - | The public reported baseball size hail along U.S. Highway 83 north of Junction. The very large hail broke several windows. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Cleo | - | The public reported baseball size hail between Junction and Menard. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Cleo | - | A trained spotter reported ping pong to golf ball size hail on the ground along U.S. Highway 83. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Cleo | - | A coop observer reported golf ball size hail covering U.S. Highway 83 near the Menard and Kimble County line. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Cleo | - | Ranch Road 2291 was closed at Bear Creek due to flooding. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Cleo | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Cleo | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Cleo | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Cleo | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Cleo | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Cleo | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleo | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junction | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Buck Hollow | 11.0 miles | 12 | |
| Roosevelt | 12.3 miles | 12 | |
| Yates | 15.0 miles | 8 | |
| London | 16.6 miles | 7 | |
| Segovia | 16.7 miles | 7 | |
| Wilson Place | 17.8 miles | 12 | |
| Telegraph | 19.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379558. 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.




