Alvarado

Geography

Alvarado is located in eastern Johnson County at the intersection of US Highway 67 and Interstate 35W. The city is south of the center of Fort Worth and southwest of Dallas. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Alvarado has a total area of , of which are land and 0.73 sq mi (1.9 km2), or 15.35%, is covered by water. The water area comprises Alvarado Park Lake, a reservoir on Turkey Creek, southwest of the city. Alvarado is drained by the North Fork of Chambers Creek, a southeast-flowing stream that is part of the Trinity River watershed. Alvarado's nearest neighboring communities are Venus to the east, Keene to the west, Burleson and Mansfield to the north, and Grandview and Cleburne to the south. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification, Alvarado has a humid subtropical climate, Cfa on climate maps.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  5,635
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  4,213
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  4,041
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,999
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,593
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  2,932
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  2,899
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,872

Most recent

• M 3.1 — 2024-05-01
  7 km SSW of Mansfield, Texas
• M 3.2 — 2024-05-01
  7 km S of Mansfield, Texas
• M 3.2 — 2019-10-01
  8 km SSW of Mansfield, Texas
• M 2.5 — 2019-07-08
  4 km SSE of Rendon, Texas
• M 3.4 — 2018-05-19
  8 km NW of Venus, Texas
• M 2.6 — 2017-09-14
  Northern Texas