Avalon, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Martin-Avalon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30557. The Survey maps it on the Avalon quadrangle. 233 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAvalon grew from 213 to 233 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 | 213 | |
| 2020 | 233 | +20 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Avalon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
391 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 391 fires within 5 miles of Avalon between 1992 and 2019, burning about 546 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 72 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 204 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 72 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-FRANKLIN-006 |
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FRANKLIN-012 |
| 29 September 2003 | Smoking | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-FRANKLIN-002 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FRANKLIN-010 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avalon in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avalon | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down several large trees in the area, the most extensive damage was caused by a large oak which fell upon a home on Georgia Highway 328. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avalon | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down on roads near Martin and Avalon. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avalon | - | Law enforcement reported multiple trees blown down and blocking roads. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Avalon | - | Public reported dime to quarter size hail. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avalon | - | A couple trees blown down on highway 17 between Avalon and Martin. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avalon | - | Trees down, including one on Martin Rd. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Avalon | - | Sheriff's department relayed a report of dime-sized hail at Avalon. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Avalon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Fairview | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Toms Creek | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Eastanollee | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Union Hill | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Fighting Pine | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Hayes Crossing | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Carnes Creek | 7.5 miles | 17 |
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 Avalon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3049367 | 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 326981. 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.






