The wider setting
Code 04720 makes the entry specific for guide readers in Arizona; at rank 338, Avondale, Arizona (code 04720, estimate 100,983) is a city. At 33 degrees 18 minutes 48 seconds north and 112 degrees 19 minutes 44 seconds west, Avondale, Arizona (rank 338) receives a repeatable location; rank 338 confirms which entry is plotted. Place code 04720 ties that number to the guide entry; Avondale, Arizona (latitude 33.31324) carries a 2025 estimate of 100,983. Read Avondale, Arizona (FIPS 04-04720) against Arizona's desert basins, Basin and Range mountains, and Colorado Plateau country; identifier 04-04720 preserves local identity as the view widens.
Water as a map clue
Rank 338 holds the drainage description tied to this entry; for Avondale, Arizona (code 04720, estimate 100,983), broad water references include desert washes, reservoirs, the Salt River system, and the lower Colorado. For rank 338, supporting geography includes the observation that the Verde Valley receives water from snowmelt, summer monsoons, and springs; Avondale, Arizona (rank 338) stays the named reference. For Avondale, Arizona (latitude 33.31324), water offers orientation after the reference resolves location; Estimate 100,983 is only a scale measure. Identifier 04-04720 holds nature separate from city identity; a state overview places Avondale, Arizona (FIPS 04-04720) alongside its water system.
Terrain beneath the grid
Near Avondale, Arizona (code 04720, estimate 100,983), the page uses desert basins framed by mountain ranges, mesas, and plateaus to explain state-scale ground; Code 04720 keeps the context attached. The terrain supplies that statewide dimension and code 04720 supplies identity; the coordinates for Avondale, Arizona (rank 338) do not reveal height. Behind Avondale, Arizona (latitude 33.31324) is a wider geographic fact, the Sacaton Mountains formed across Basin and Range extension and contain older granite; code 04720 keeps it from becoming generic filler. Census key 04-04720 prevents drift; at statewide scale, Avondale, Arizona (FIPS 04-04720) is understood through drainage and terrain.
Regional relationships
The settlement label Avondale, Arizona (code 04720) is exact, while human geography continues across the wider Arizona frame. Code 04720 is not a shortcut for jurisdictional shape; read 100,983 as the reported size of Avondale, Arizona (rank 338). Place code 04720 marks the distinction; for Avondale, Arizona (latitude 33.31324), regional continuity can be shown even when municipal identity remains distinct. Readers place Avondale, Arizona (FIPS 04-04720) more carefully by keeping the state backdrop behind the local pattern; rank 338 identifies the entry. For rank 338, Avondale, Arizona (estimate 100,983) stays a defined entry within a larger and changing settlement landscape.
From state to city scale
Rank 338 next gives the plotted place proper scale; a national-to-local sequence introduces Avondale, Arizona (code 04720) through Arizona. For Avondale, Arizona (rank 338), the plotted coordinate answers where; natural systems explain the larger setting outside rank 338. Place 04720 confirms the entry; the useful comparison for Avondale, Arizona (latitude 33.31324) is its position with natural systems. Rank 338 identifies the city entry; one state-scale clue behind Avondale, Arizona (FIPS 04-04720) is that saguaro National Park has districts east and west of Tucson. Rank 338, code 04-04720, and the landscape together provide a durable reference for Avondale, Arizona (estimate 100,983).