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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.

Avinger within Cass County

Population over time

2 figures

Avinger 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.

YearPeople Change
2010444
2020371-73 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 12 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

156 since 1993

Regional 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 burning62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 376
5 September 1997Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2000Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 471
3 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 351
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLLOYD GRASS FIRE
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6198
26 September 1994Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AvingerIronUnknown
Avinger DepositsIronPast ProducerGoethite, Hematite
Goodson-Prewitts LakeIronOccurrence
Goodson-Prewitts Lake DepositsIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Mathis & Mathis Siderite Mine MillIronProducer
Norwood HillIronOccurrence
Orrs Switch-Lassater DepositsIronPast ProducerGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Spring HillIronOccurrence
Spring Hill DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

19 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1994Thunderstorm WindAvinger$50,000Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindAvinger$5,000Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindAvinger$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down onto Highway 49 east of Avinger.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindAvinger$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
October 1994Thunderstorm WindAvinger$5,000Trees were blown down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindAvinger-Tree downed across County Road 1601 near Avinger.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindAvinger-Roof damaged and partially removed at the Exxon gas station in Avinger.
May 2022HailAvinger-Quarter-sized hail in Avinger.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindAvinger-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 2012Thunderstorm WindAvinger-Trees were downed near Avinger, Texas.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindAvinger-Trees were downed near Avinger, Texas.
December 2009Tornado (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 2009Flash FloodAvinger-Very heavy rainfall resulted in numerous road closures across the entire county.
August 2009Flash FloodAvinger-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 2000Flash FloodAvinger-Hwy 49 was closed to rapid flooding from heavy rains.
October 1994Thunderstorm WindAvinger-Trees were blown down.
March 2010HailAvinger-no account filed
November 2005HailAvinger-no account filed
May 2000HailAvinger-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Patman3.9 miles12
Pruitt Lake4.6 miles12
Love5.6 miles12
Liberty5.8 miles11
Bear Creek6.0 miles11
Sardis7.3 miles10
Hughes Springs7.9 miles12
Caves Spring9.5 miles11

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 AvingerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q978416The 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.