Lavon, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nevada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75166. The Survey maps it on the Lavon quadrangle. 4,469 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 525 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLavon grew from 2,219 to 4,469 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 | 2,219 | |
| 2020 | 4,469 | +2,250 (+101%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1924 USGS Farmersville 3-c quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Farmersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lavon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
319 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 319 fires within 5 miles of Lavon between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,131 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 164 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 95 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15571 CR 543 - 11076947 |
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9641 COUNTY ROAD 1088 - 12076362 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 78 & FM 6 - 11075970 |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18654 CR 913 - 11075679 |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | W FM 6 / N STATE HIGHWAY 78 - 14099438 |
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9597 COUNTY ROAD 1088 |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 966 AND COUNTY ROAD 487 |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20493 FM 2755 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lavon in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavon | 1 hurt, $40,000 | A garage was destroyed and a mobile home was destroyed. Another mobile home was damaged. One person was injured in the destroyed mobile home. Damaged was reported five miles northeast of Lake Lavon. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Lavon | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavon | $100,000 | A NWS survey team found the damage in Lavon was consistent with straight line winds up to 75 mph. A local weather station in Lavon also measured 75 mph winds at the time. Most of the damage observed was to large tree limbs, shingles on roofs, and fences. A bank drive through also collapsed. Aluminum panel roofing was removed from one business and one manufactured home. |
| June 2015 | Lightning | Lavon | $50,000 | A house fire was reported on Chaparral Trot in Collin County around 8 am local time. Local fire officials stated lightning hit the peak of the roof sparking a fire in the attic of a two-story home. Fire damage was incurred in the attic and smoke and water damage plagued the rest of the home. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Lavon | $30,000 | A public report indicated golf ball sized hail near the northern part of Lake Lavon. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavon | $7,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavon | $2,000 | Strong winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavon | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Lavon | $1,000 | Business 78 near Highway 78 in Lavon was closed due to flooding. Several county roads were also flooded. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Lavon | - | A public report indicated dime sized hail just south of Lavon, TX. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Lavon | - | A public report indicated quarter sized hail just north of Lavon, TX. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Lavon | - | Emergency management reported quarter to half-dollar sized hail in the city of Lavon, TX. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Lavon | - | A public report indicated quarter sized hail in the city of Lavon, TX. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Lavon | - | A social media report indicated ping pong ball sized hail in Lavon, TX. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Lavon | - | Emergency management reported quarter sized hail near the city of Lavon, TX. |
| August 2017 | Flood | Lavon | - | Collin County Sheriff's Department reported a few intersections being flooded along Highway 78 in the city of Lavon, TX. |
| November 2009 | Heavy Rain | Lavon | - | A car hydroplanned on SH 78 just south of SH 205 causing the head-on collision of two cars. The collision resulted in the death of three adults and injured three others; including a toddler. The injuries to all three were nonlife-threatening and mostly consisted of broken bones. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Lavon | - | FM 2755 was underwater and closed. |
| May 1999 | Flash Flood | Lavon | - | Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused the intersection of Farm Market 2755 and State Highway 78 to be closed due to high water. |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lavon | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Lavon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Water Point Estates | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Millwood | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Little Ridge | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Nevada | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lavon Lake Lodges | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Copeville | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Pebble Beach Sunset Acres | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Beverly Hill | 4.1 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 Lavon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q620334 | 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 1339724. 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.





