Avinger, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hughes Springs-Avinger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75630. The Survey maps it on the Avinger quadrangle. 371 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 399 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAvinger fell from 444 to 371 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 | 444 | |
| 2020 | 371 | -73 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Avinger quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
156 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Avinger between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,053 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 15 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 | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 376 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 471 |
| 3 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 351 |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LLOYD GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6198 |
| 26 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Avinger: 5 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avinger | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Avinger Deposits | Iron | Past Producer | Goethite, Hematite | |
| Goodson-Prewitts Lake | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Goodson-Prewitts Lake Deposits | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Mathis & Mathis Siderite Mine Mill | Iron | Producer | ||
| Norwood Hill | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Orrs Switch-Lassater Deposits | Iron | Past Producer | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Spring Hill | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Spring Hill Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avinger in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avinger | $50,000 | Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avinger | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avinger | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down onto Highway 49 east of Avinger. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avinger | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| October 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avinger | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avinger | - | Tree downed across County Road 1601 near Avinger. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avinger | - | Roof damaged and partially removed at the Exxon gas station in Avinger. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Avinger | - | Quarter-sized hail in Avinger. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avinger | - | Damaging winds estimated between 85-90 mph snapped and uprooted a number of trees along Simpson Lake just west of Avinger in Southwest Cass County. Three homes and several outbuildings were damaged by falling trees. A large tree crushed a truck as well. A dock was also lifted onto the shore and flipped. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avinger | - | Trees were downed near Avinger, Texas. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avinger | - | Trees were downed near Avinger, Texas. |
| December 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Avinger | - | A tornado touched down in a wooded area along County Road 1617 in southern Cass County, approximately 3 miles southeast of the community of Avinger. Low-end EF1 damage was noted as the small tornado traveled north-northeast, snapping and uprooting several pine and oak trees. In addition, numerous small branches were also blown down before the tornado lifted, still in a wooded area, approximately 50 yards from its touchdown point. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Avinger | - | Very heavy rainfall resulted in numerous road closures across the entire county. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Avinger | - | Three inches of rainfall fell in 20 minutes and a total of 4.70 inches fell in 65 minutes near the town of Avinger, Texas. Several roads and secondary roads were underwater southwest of town. |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Avinger | - | Hwy 49 was closed to rapid flooding from heavy rains. |
| October 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avinger | - | Trees were blown down. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Avinger | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Avinger | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Avinger | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patman | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pruitt Lake | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Love | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Liberty | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bear Creek | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Sardis | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hughes Springs | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Caves Spring | 9.5 miles | 11 |
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 Avinger | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q978416 | 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 1329882. 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.



