BlockAvalon, Wisconsin
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Bradford town. It lies in ZIP code area 53505. The Survey maps it on the Avalon quadrangle. It stands 958 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1893 USGS Shopiere quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Avalon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Shopiere quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Lake Geneva quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
14,060 words on this townshipHistory of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute, published 1856; The History of Rock County, Wisconsin; Its Early Settlement, Growth, Development, Resources, Etc., published 1879 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Bradford Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Bradford Town - 14,060 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Avalon: 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Township Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rye Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rye Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bjoin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Braukoff Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dunn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dunn Trucking & Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Little Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avalon in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Flood | Avalon | $5,000 | The river gauge on Turtle Creek near Clinton remained above flood stage from the morning of June 25th to the late afternoon of June 27th. The creek experienced moderate flooding, cresting at 11.76 feet at 4:15 PM CDT on June 26th, which is 3.76 feet above flood stage. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Avalon | $1,000 | Moderate street flooding in portions of Janesville including the intersection of Bond Place and Waveland Road. Farther west, street flooding and sandbagging operations on highway B northwest of Footville, but the water drained fairly quickly. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Avalon | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Avalon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald Grove | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Johnstown Center | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Tiffany | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Clinton | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Shopiere | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Johnstown | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Turtleville | 6.7 miles | 18 | |
| Foxhollow | 8.5 miles | 18 |
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 Avalon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4827533 | 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 1561030. 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.
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.