Avon Lake, Iowa

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Allen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50047. The Survey maps it on the Des Moines SE quadrangle.

Avon Lake within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1905 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:62500
1907 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1954 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Des Moines SE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Des Moines quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Avon Lake: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Carlisle Brick and Tile Co. Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Occurrence	Zinc	Past Producer	Sphalerite
Avon Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Carlisle Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Fritz Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Kibbey Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Owens Farm Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Pickle Farm Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Robinson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Avon	1.3 miles	16
Levey	2.0 miles	16
Hastie	2.9 miles	11
Woodland Hills	3.0 miles	11
Adelphi	4.0 miles	11
Carbondale	4.2 miles	16
East Des Moines	4.3 miles	16
Pleasant Hill	4.4 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454293. 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.

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.