Avon, Colorado
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Minturn-Red Cliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81620. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edwards quadrangle. 6,072 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7,431 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAvon fell from 6,447 to 6,072 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 | 6,447 | |
| 2020 | 6,072 | -375 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1957 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Edwards quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1962 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leadville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Vail quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Avon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 148 acres in total. 27 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/undetermined | 37 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | RADIO TOWER |
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | AVON |
| 5 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | White River National Forest | DAVOS |
| 5 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Eagle County | not named |
| 4 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Eagle County | not named |
| 4 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 acres | White River National Forest | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | White River National Forest | METCALF CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Avon: 4 occurrences, 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| B & B Edwards Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lake Cr. | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Unknown | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sand and Gravel | |
| Ute Park, High Line, Blue Jay | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avon in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 4 debris flow, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Flood | Avon | 1 killed | A raft carrying five young men down the Eagle River flipped when it hit a tall wave and a hole on the other side of the river near Eagle-Vail. As a result, all five passengers were thrown into the raging river. Four managed to scramble up the bank to safety while one was swept away and eventually passed away. |
| July 2021 | Debris Flow | Avon | $500,000 | Nottingham Road west of Buck Creek Road in Avon was closed for several hours after multiple mudslides occurred as a result of heavy rains. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Debris Flow | Avon | - | Heavy rainfall caused a mud to flow across the westbound lane of Interstate 70 at the Avon Exit 167. That portion of I-70 was closed for about 50 minutes until the debris was removed. Radar estimated storm total rainfall was up to 0.50 of an inch in less than an hour. |
| July 2016 | Debris Flow | Avon | - | A debris flow of rocks and mud came down onto Nottingham Road in Avon. |
| September 2013 | Debris Flow | Avon | - | A mudslide at mile marker 154 closed Highway 6 for several hours in both directions. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | - | A severe thunderstorm wind gust was reported by a trained spotter near Avon. |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor Gulch Village | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Beaver Creek Village | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Arrowhead Village | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Edwards | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Dowds Junction | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| West Vail | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Minturn | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Carterville | 6.6 miles | 14 |
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 Avon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2069422 | 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 204667. 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.






