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Avery, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Annona-Avery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75554. The Survey maps it on the Avery quadrangle. 421 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 477 feet above sea level.

Avery within Red River County

Population over time

2 figures

Avery fell from 482 to 421 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.

YearPeople Change
2010482
2020421-61 (-13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

137 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Avery between 1994 and 2018, burning about 1,998 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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 burning83
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceJAMES LEE
5 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2002Debris and open burning60 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 175
3 September 2002Debris and open burning12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 170
3 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 353
21 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 1994Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Red River County

Storms near this place

27 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avery in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Thunderstorm WindAvery$75,000Several trees were snapped and uprooted. Debris was thrown into one home with a carport ripped away from the home. The roof was peeled back from another home.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindAvery$75,000Roofs were blown off businesses by high winds.
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Avery$10,000The NWS conducted a storm survey in Red River County, Texas in the town of Avery and determined that the damage was consistent with that of a weak tornado. An EF0 tornado began along CR. 3326 where it snapped numerous trees, damaged the roof of the school gym and a dugout at the baseball field before lifting on the east side of town. Winds were estimated to be near 85 mph.
May 1999Tornado (F3)Avery$5,000Numerous trees were blown over or broken. A few out buildings were severely damaged. This tornado moved from Titus county, TX into Red River county, TX and exited into Bowie county TX.
March 2000Tornado (F1)Avery$2,000Tornado developed on the comma head at the northern end of a bow echo. A few trees were blown over or broken. A church lost part of its roof. This tornado continued into Bowie County, TX
April 2022Thunderstorm WindAvery-Several trees were downed in Avery.
April 2020HailAvery-Dime to penny size hail fell in the city of Avery.
January 2019HailAvery-Dime size hail fell in Avery. Report relayed via social media.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindAvery-Trees and power lines were downed in and south of Avery. A tree fell on a home, which suffered extensive damage.
December 2018FloodAvery-County Road 4426 just south of Avery was closed due to flooding.
May 2009Flash FloodAvery-High water resulted in the closure of FM 911.
May 2009Flash FloodAvery-FM 911 near and north of Avery remains closed from flash flooding.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindAvery-A few trees were downed in the northeast portion of the county.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindAvery-Several trees downed.
November 2005Funnel CloudAvery-This funnel cloud was a continuation of the storm that was first spotted in Titus County. The funnel cloud was rope like in appearance and crossed over the Sulphur River. NWS storm survey found no storm track.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindAvery-Power lines were blown down.
February 2001Flash FloodAvery-FM 911 closed due to high water from flooding.
April 1997HailAvery-Hail completely covered the ground.
June 2011HailAvery-no account filed
May 2009HailAvery-no account filed
March 2003HailAvery-no account filed
March 2000HailAvery-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAvery-no account filed
September 1997HailAvery-no account filed
April 1996HailAvery-no account filed
March 1996HailAvery-no account filed
October 1996HailAvery-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Red River 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
Savannah (historical)3.6 miles8
English6.7 miles9
Boxelder7.3 miles9
Annona7.4 miles9
Lydia7.4 miles8
Mena (historical)7.5 miles9
Caney9.8 miles10
White Rock10.5 miles10

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 AveryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q790644The 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 1351351. 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.