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Tolar, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Granbury West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76476. The Survey maps it on the Tolar quadrangle. 941 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,020 feet above sea level.

Tolar within Hood County

Population over time

2 figures

Tolar grew from 681 to 941 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
2010681
2020941+260 (+38%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

166 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Tolar between 2005 and 2020, burning about 775 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 were 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/undetermined59
Debris and open burning51
Equipment and vehicle use32
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
5 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDRY BRANCH
23 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceASBURY
20 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service377
2 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILD CAT KNOB
17 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBILLINGS
15 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePALUXY
15 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePALUXY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hood 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 Tolar: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Fort Worth Crushed Stone Quarry 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hood County

Storms near this place

50 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tolar in 50 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 27 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 1 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
September 2005Thunderstorm WindTolar1 hurt, $500,00036 homes were damaged; 2 homes and 4 barns were destroyed. A young girl was injured when her mobile home flipped 3 times. The damage swath stretched from west to east for about a mile and a half. Also, numerous trees ranging in diameter from six inches to two feet were blown down.
May 2003HailTolar$350,000Baseball size hail damaged homes and cars.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindTolar$150,000A trained spotter reported that large trees and tree limbs were snapped, and several large trees were uprooted in Tolar, TX. Damage to homes, a school building, and the post office were also reported.
May 2024HailTolar$60,000Public report of 3.25 inch hail in Tolar, TX.
March 2016Tornado (EF0)Tolar$50,000A brief tornado was captured by broadcast media to the east of the city of Tolar. This tornado began near a mobile home park, damaging three homes. The tornado then crossed U.S. Highway 377 over an open field before dissipating.
May 2024HailTolar$40,000Emergency management reported baseball sized hail in Tolar, TX.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindTolar$30,000Social media pictures showed damage to a home just south of Tolar. Metal paneling was tossed around, a flag pole was bent, and metal structures were damaged/destroyed. A neighbor also lost a chicken coop and part of a barn.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindTolar$25,000The front of a building was collapsed by high winds.
December 2022Thunderstorm WindTolar$10,000Large trees were uprooted by straight-line or RFD winds along Tolar Cemetery Road to the south of the town of Tolar. A sizeable wood barn was also destroyed.
September 2003Flash FloodTolar$10,000Several homes were flooded in Tolar.
April 2015HailTolar$10,000no account filed
March 2025Thunderstorm WindTolar$9,000Emergency manager reported about 2 consecutive miles worth of power poles bent or snapped at the base near Tolar.
February 2009HailTolar$7,000Golfball size hail was reported in Tolar. Several cars were damaged.
June 2023HailTolar$5,000Amateur radio reported golf ball sized hail just south of Tolar.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindTolar$5,000A delayed social media report indicated that a barn was destroyed near the town of Tolar, TX.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindTolar$5,000Numerous trees and fences blown down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindTolar$5,000Power lines were blown down by high winds.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindTolar$2,000Damage to trees and power lines from high winds occurred on Highway 144.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindTolar$1,000Flagpole bent over.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindTolar$100Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.
May 2024Flash FloodTolar-Emergency management reported that the 4900 block of Brushy Rd was closed due to flood.
May 2024Flash FloodTolar-The following roads were closed in Tolar due to flash flooding: 100 W. 7th Street, 8th street behind the elementary school, and Tolar Cemetery Road at 8th Street.
March 2023HailTolar-Reported via mPing.
May 2015HailTolar-Amateur radio reported golf ball sized hail 2 miles south of Tolar, TX.
May 2015HailTolar-Amateur radio reported golf ball sized hail in Tolar, TX.
June 2007Flash FloodTolar-Roads were closed due to flooding and voluntary evacuations occurred.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindTolar-Large tree limbs broken by high winds.
May 1997Flash FloodTolar-Several roads were reported flooded in and around town.
May 1995HailTolar-Water was over Highway 51 south of Paluxy.
May 1995HailTolar-Hail occurred just south of Tolar on Farm-to-Market Road 2870.
October 1994HailTolar-Trees and power lines were blown down by high winds.
May 2006HailTolar-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindTolar-no account filed
April 2005HailTolar-no account filed
June 2004HailTolar-no account filed
August 2003HailTolar-no account filed
May 2002HailTolar-no account filed
May 2001HailTolar-no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindTolar-no account filed
March 2000HailTolar-no account filed
May 2000HailTolar-no account filed
June 1999HailTolar-no account filed
June 1998HailTolar-no account filed
February 1998HailTolar-no account filed
April 1997HailTolar-no account filed
April 1997HailTolar-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindTolar-no account filed
August 1996Flash FloodTolar-no account filed
May 1993HailTolar-no account filed
October 1993HailTolar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hood 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
Brushy5.0 miles19
Hill City6.8 miles18
Granbury7.6 miles19
Thorp Spring7.7 miles19
Neri7.9 miles18
Paluxy8.2 miles17
Oak Trail Shores8.3 miles19
Mambrino9.4 miles19

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 TolarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981707The 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 1348617. 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.