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Avon, Montana

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Avon-Elliston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59713. It stands on Spotted Dog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Avon quadrangle. 114 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,692 feet above sea level.

Avon within Powell County

On record in Avon

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

3 figures

Avon fell from 124 to 114 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
2000124
2010111-13 (-10%)
2020114+3 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Avon between 1992 and 2016, burning about 6 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeGIMLET
17 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeSTUMP
15 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeBRADLEY BEACON
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeBRADLEY BEACON
9 August 1999Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeBRADLEY BEACON
6 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeBRADLEY BEACON
18 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeAVON EXIT
15 August 2000Natural2.0 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Powell County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Avon: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Bentonite, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Bishop MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerFluorite
Half-Way Sixmile Creek BentoniteBentoniteOccurrence
Warm Springs MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer
Carpenter Creek PlacerGoldPast Producer1865
Eureka Gulch Placer MinesGoldUnknown
Granite Gold Mining Co.GoldOccurrence
Ophir Creek PlacerGoldPast Producer1865
Snowshoe CreekGoldUnknown
Snowshoe Creek PlacerGoldPast Producer1865

Every working recorded in Powell County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avon in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Thunderstorm WindAvon$30,000A very large right-moving supercell tracked east-northeast from Goldcreek to north of Avon bringing with it large hail, severe winds and heavy rain. A rancher 5 miles north of Avon reported a totaled barn, several trees that were either uprooted or broken in half. One of those trees uprooted was a 24 cottonwood.
July 2013HailAvon$13,000A very large right-moving supercell unleashed up to ping pong sized hail that decimated a four to five foot tall hay crop. The hail covered the ground to a depth of 2 inches in spots. At least 10 windows were broken. Paint was chipped off from homes. Other damage included a greenhouse roof, vehicle windows and vegetation.
July 2013HailAvon$3,000A very large right-moving supercell brought hail and wind damage to ranchers north of Avon. A rancher reported up to half dollar sized hail that brought considerable damage to their hay crop, and windows.
May 2007HailAvon$2,000A member of the public reported hail stones that that were between quarter and golfball in size. Damage to a couple of cars was observed.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindAvon$1,000A very large supercell brought estimated 60 mph wind gusts that caused several trees to either uproot or break in half. Most of the trees fell in an easterly direction.
July 2016HailAvon$500A member of the public reported one inch hail, which caused small damages to vehicles.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindAvon-A line of thunderstorms marched northward across west-central Montana with gusty outflow winds. A gust of 59 mph occurred between Avon and Finn along Highway 141. Similar gusts occurred across the Windy Rock Fire southwest of Finn. No damage was noted.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindAvon-The Montana DOT weather sensor north of Avon, MT reported a gust of 60 mph between 9:38pm MDT and 9:45pm MDT. Sustained winds at this time were 49 mph.
July 2010HailAvon-A fencing company in Avon reported one inch hail.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindAvon-Montana Department of Transportation weather station on Highway 141 near Avon recorded peak wind gust of 63 mph.
July 1997HailAvon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Powell 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
McDonald3.7 miles24
Bradley (historical)4.0 miles23
McGillvary4.4 miles24
Quigley5.3 miles24
Blackfoot City (historical)6.6 miles24
Elliston9.4 miles24
Keiley12.2 miles22
Garrison12.2 miles22

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 Q955694The 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 779204. 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.