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Avon, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Saline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63670. The Survey maps it on the Coffman quadrangle. It stands 730 feet above sea level.

Avon within Ste. Genevieve County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 19 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

4 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Avon between 1992 and 2018, burning about 110 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177362-09435-06082018-1337
12 April 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176800-09435-04122018-2032
19 November 1992Recreation and ceremony110 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
31 January 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation176234-09435-01312018-0912

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ste. Genevieve County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Avon: 10 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Iron, Lead, Nickel, Cobalt. 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
Avon MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Frank Scott DiggingsGold, IronPast Producer
Unknown - Iron-Pb-Ni-Cu-CoCopper, Iron, Lead, Nickel, CobaltPast Producer
Vogts ProspectCopper, Lead, Nickel, ZincProspect
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Avon ProspectLeadPast Producer1848
Smith ProspectIronProspect
Unknown - IronIronPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ste. Genevieve County

Storms near this place

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avon in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
October 2021Tornado (EF3)Avon1 hurtThe 400+ yard wide tornado crossed the St. Francois County/Ste. Genevieve County line just north of Green Acres Lane. The tornado then traveled to the northeast crossing Route F multiple times as it traveled towards Coffman. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted along this path, a number of farm outbuildings and barns were damaged or destroyed, and several homes suffered partial roof damage. The worst damage occurred to a home on Route AA just north of Route F. This home was completely destroyed. All of the walls were completely blown into the rear of the foundation and the roof was totally removed. Little anchoring was evident to the walls. One minor injury occurred to a male at the residence who found shelter in the pantry area. Tree damage in this area was some of the worst noted with every tree snapped or sheared supporting an EF-3 damage rating to the home. Another home on McDaniel Road just north of Route F sustained severe damage. The roof was completely removed and a large portion of the northeast walls were removed. Little if any anchoring of the walls was evident which supported an EF-2 damage rating. Numerous power poles and trees were snapped along Route F as the tornado traveled to the northeast into Coffman. Crown Valley Brewing and Distilling suffered minor damage, however the building on the north side of Route F was heavily damaged, rated at EF-1. A small building adjacent to the main Coffman Baptist Church was completely destroyed with debris blown into the main church building. There was no anchoring evident in this small building and damage was rated at EF-1. The tornado continued to the east-northeast crossing Madden Creek. The last detectable damage and thus end point was around 4 miles east-northeast of Coffman, southeast of Brands Lake near Goat Hill Trail. Overall, the tornado was rated EF3 with a path length of 16.74 miles and a max path width of 450 yards (St. Francois/Ste. Genevieve Counties).
May 2013Thunderstorm WindAvon-Thunderstorm winds blew down two large trees, partially blocking Highway F near intersection with Highway MM.
April 2020HailAvon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ste. Genevieve 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
Coffman2.8 miles19
Pickel4.6 miles18
Clearwater4.6 miles19
Womack5.1 miles21
Chestnut Ridge6.8 miles18
Jonca7.1 miles18
Millers7.9 miles18
Weingarten9.4 miles18

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 AvonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15195073The 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 713512. 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.