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.
Population over time
2 figuresAvery 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 482 | |
| 2020 | 421 | -61 (-13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Avery quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
137 since 1994Regional 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 burning | 83 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JAMES LEE |
| 5 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 175 |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 170 |
| 3 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 353 |
| 21 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
27 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avery | $75,000 | Several 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avery | $75,000 | Roofs were blown off businesses by high winds. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Avery | $10,000 | The 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 1999 | Tornado (F3) | Avery | $5,000 | Numerous 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 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Avery | $2,000 | Tornado 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avery | - | Several trees were downed in Avery. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Avery | - | Dime to penny size hail fell in the city of Avery. |
| January 2019 | Hail | Avery | - | Dime size hail fell in Avery. Report relayed via social media. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avery | - | Trees and power lines were downed in and south of Avery. A tree fell on a home, which suffered extensive damage. |
| December 2018 | Flood | Avery | - | County Road 4426 just south of Avery was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Avery | - | High water resulted in the closure of FM 911. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Avery | - | FM 911 near and north of Avery remains closed from flash flooding. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avery | - | A few trees were downed in the northeast portion of the county. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avery | - | Several trees downed. |
| November 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Avery | - | 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 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avery | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| February 2001 | Flash Flood | Avery | - | FM 911 closed due to high water from flooding. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Avery | - | Hail completely covered the ground. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Avery | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Avery | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Avery | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Avery | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avery | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Avery | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Avery | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Avery | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Hail | Avery | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah (historical) | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| English | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Boxelder | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Annona | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lydia | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mena (historical) | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Caney | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| White Rock | 10.5 miles | 10 |
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 Avery | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q790644 | 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 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.




