Eldorado, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Eldorado West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76936. The Survey maps it on the Eldorado quadrangle. 1,574 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,438 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresEldorado fell from 1,951 to 1,574 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,951 | |
| 2020 | 1,574 | -377 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Sonora quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Eldorado between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,576 acres in total. 12 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 | 14 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POPLAR AND FIELDS |
| 3 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PAULA RANCH |
| 26 September 2019 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILL WIGGINS |
| 20 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2596 MCINTOSH RD |
| 10 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 915 |
| 10 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JJOYCE ANN SPECK |
| 3 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WELDER FIRE |
| 29 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 450 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHLEICHER COUNTY FIRE |
Storms near this place
60 of 64 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eldorado in 64 storm reports between 1994 and 2006: 36 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1996 | Hail | Eldorado | $4,500,000 | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $500,000 | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Eldorado | $50,000 | The Schleicher County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado at Eldorado at 0710 CST. Two mobile homes were overturned (one burned after a gas line ruptured), a few power poles were snapped, and trees were uprooted. One of the trees damaged a house. Damages were estimated at $45,000. |
| August 1996 | Flash Flood | Eldorado | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Eldorado | $35,000 | Brief tornado touchdown. Trees uprooted. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $25,000 | Winds blew down large tree branches in the town of Eldorado. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $15,000 | Winds blew down large tree branches and three power lines. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $12,000 | A mobile home was destroyed when a severe thunderstorm moved through the area. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Eldorado | $10,000 | A slow moving tornado skipped across a 23 mile long path just north of Eldorado in northern Schleicher County. Eleven power poles were snapped, trees uprooted, and at least 2 barns lost their roofs as the tornado passed. Other outbuildings along the path of the tornado were also damaged. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $7,000 | The Schleicher County ISD's exhibit building lost its roof when high winds blew through the area, tossing the debris onto Highway 277. Luckily, all the animals inside the building were unhurt. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $5,000 | High winds ripped the roofs off of two barns across southwest Schleicher County. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Eldorado | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $500 | Large tree limbs broken |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | $500 | High winds downed tree limbs across the city |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Eldorado | - | Law enforcement officials reported water over the road at numerous low water crossings on Ranch Road 915 between Eldorado and Mertzon. |
| May 2003 | Flash Flood | Eldorado | - | Several roads to the southeast of Eldorado had water over them. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Eldorado | - | Heavy rainfall forced the closure of Ranch Road 915 for the second time this day, as flood waters forced Finnegan Draw to climb out of its banks near the Eldorado city limits. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Eldorado | - | Hail the size of tennis balls pounded an area north of Eldorado in northern Schleicher County. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Eldorado | - | Golf ball size hail was reported in northern Scheicher County. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | Wind gusts up to 60 mph reported by the sheriff's office. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Eldorado | - | Brief tornado touchdown. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Eldorado | - | Brief tornado touchdown. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Eldorado | - | Quarter-size hail was reported in Colorado City by a local radio station. Hail up to tennis ball-size covered the ground at Dunn in Scurry County. It also damaged crops. The Scurry County Sheriff's Office reported a brief tornado at Hermleigh that did not cause damage. However, a tornado touched down at Hobbs in western Fisher County at 1840 CST. It caused considerable damage to the co-op school. It also damaged a farm house and green houses, snapped power poles, and downed trees, signs, and fences. Total damage from this tornado was estimated at $50,000. Golf ball-size hail was reported at Roscoe by the Department of Public Safety. Schleicher County,13,0630CST- *,,0900CST,,,0,0,0,0,Flash Flood Farm-to-Market roads 2129 and 915 were closed in western Schleicher County due to water over the roads. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eldorado | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Eldorado | - | 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 Eldorado | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q664419 | 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 1356891. 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.




