Avon, Utah
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hyrum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84328. It lies near Paradise Dry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Paradise quadrangle. 390 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,020 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAvon grew from 367 to 390 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 | 367 | |
| 2020 | 390 | +23 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1914 USGS Logan quadrangle1:125000
- 1916 USGS Logan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ogden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Logan quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Paradise quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Avon between 1992 and 2019, burning about 385 acres in total. 16 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
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 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WEST CANYON |
| 30 August 2019 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | HYRUM DRY |
| 28 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.5 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | WEST CANYON 2 |
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | LIMEKILN |
| 22 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PARADISE NORTH |
| 22 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | PARADISE SOUTH |
| 21 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FOUR MILE |
| 21 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | FORK SPRINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Avon: 8 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyrum Canyon Claim | Iron, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | Galena, Jarosite, Marcasite, Siderite, Sphalerite | |
| Hyrum Canyon Claim | Lead, Zinc, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lead King | Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Highway Dept Pit No 3026 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| McKenzie Flat Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| McKenzie Flat Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| North Paradise Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| North Paradise Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Ut. Dept. of Highways Pit No. 03026 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Surface |
Storms near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avon in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2017: 2 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flood | Avon | $4,000,000 | Significant rainfall and snowmelt caused main stem river flooding along the Bear River, and also overwhelmed drainage systems away from the river across much of Cache County. Many roads were flooded and structurally compromised, with over $2.5 million worth of damage reported to roads alone. Debris and flood waters also caused significant damage to sewage and water control systems. Dozens of homes experienced basement flooding, particularly in Wellsville, Hyrum, and Mendon. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Avon | - | The Little Bear River reached flood stage at multiple gauges in the Cache Valley. This included the Little Bear - Paradise river gauge, which reached a peak flow of 1340 cfs on March 23. |
| April 2005 | Flash Flood | Avon | - | Brief flash flood damaged 2 homes, amount unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hyrum | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Sterling | 8.4 miles | 19 | |
| Greens Corner | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Wellsville | 9.7 miles | 17 | |
| Nibley | 9.8 miles | 17 | |
| Holt | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| Millville | 10.3 miles | 17 |
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 Avon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3198863 | 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 1438313. 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.








