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Noma, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Esto-Noma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32425. It lies near Corbett Hill. The Survey maps it on the Graceville quadrangle. 208 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 180 feet above sea level.

Noma within Holmes County

Then and now

1951 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Noma, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Noma, surveyed 1951

Compare 1951 against another survey:

Population over time

3 figures

Noma fell from 213 to 208 between 2000 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
2000213
2010211-2 (-1%)
2020208-3 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Noma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 559 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning23
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Other causes1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceST MARKS ST (30)
25 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 160 (30)
1 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceREDDICK MILL ( 30 )
20 August 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Noma: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Unnamed Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Unnamed Clay DepositsClayProspect

Every working recorded in Holmes County

Storms near this place

21 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Noma in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2022Thunderstorm WindNoma$10,000Several trees were blown down onto roads. One house had a section of the old tin roof blown away.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNoma$3,000Trees and power lines were down at 1620 Highway 173.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNoma$3,000Trees and power lines were down along Highway 173 at Carmichael Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNoma$3,000Trees and power lines were down at Pinehill Cutoff.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNoma$2,000Trees and power lines were down at Wrights Creek Road and Welding Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNoma$2,000Trees and power lines were down at Triple Lane and Twin Lakes Drive.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNoma$1,000A tree was blown down near Highway 160 and Williams Road.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindNoma$1,000A large tree was blown down across Highway 177. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindNoma$500A few downed trees on Highway 103 reported by the Holmes County EMA.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindNoma-Trees were blown down along Steverson Road.
September 2024Flash FloodNoma-Jackson Branch Road was flooded and closed.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNoma-Multiple trees were blown down near Highways 79 and 160.
April 2021Flash FloodNoma-Highway 173 and MC Carnley Road was underwater.
April 2021Flash FloodNoma-Highway 173 and Highway 160 were underwater.
September 2020Flash FloodNoma-Water was across the roadway on Highway 79 and Mt Olive Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNoma-Trees and power lines were down on Ivy Bush Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNoma-Trees and debris were in the road at CR-160 and Highway 79.
February 2018FloodNoma-Water was reported over the roadway at Highway 79 South of Wayside Park. This was caused by a long duration of moderate to occasionally heavy rain.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNoma-A trained spotter north of Bonifay estimated 60 mph winds with no power at his residence.
April 2009FloodNoma-High water closed State Road 79 and Creek Road.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindNoma-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Holmes 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
Noma Junction0.7 miles15
Esto1.5 miles14
Wynnlum1.7 miles15
Holland Crossroads1.9 miles14
Underwood Crossing1.9 miles15
Tendil Crossing2.4 miles15
Eleanor3.7 miles15
Cobb Cross Roads3.8 miles15

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 NomaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2092562The 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 287758. 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.