BlockAvalon, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waxahachie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76623. The Survey maps it on the Avalon quadrangle. It stands 531 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Avalon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Avalon between 2006 and 2014, burning about 354 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE |
| 29 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 18 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avalon in 11 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Avalon | $25,000 | A NWS Storm Survey determined an EF-0 tornado began just west of Avalon and moved east into town. This tornado had a path length of approximately 0.5 miles and an estimated width of 50 yards. An elementary school suffered partial roof loss and a residence also sustained minor damage to its roof. Winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Avalon | $25,000 | Flooding caused bridge over FM 55 to collapse. Several other secondary roads were also closed due to flooding. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avalon | $10,000 | Scattered wind damage to mostly wood and metal structures was observed in Avalon, including carports and older barns. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Avalon | $10,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported in Avalon. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Avalon | $10,000 | Baseball size hail was reported 3 miles southeast of Avalon. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Avalon | $7,000 | Two inch or slightly larger hail reported in Avalon. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Avalon | - | Broadcast media showed several pictures of water covering rural roads in the city of Avalon, TX. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Avalon | - | Amateur radio reported street flooding in Avalon, TX. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Avalon | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Avalon | - | no account filed |
| March 1994 | 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.
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 Q12832839 | 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 1329875. 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.