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.
Then and now
1951 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1951 against another survey:
Population over time
3 figuresNoma 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 213 | |
| 2010 | 211 | -2 (-1%) |
| 2020 | 208 | -3 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1951 USGS Graceville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Graceville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Graceville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ST MARKS ST (30) |
| 25 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | HWY 160 (30) |
| 1 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | REDDICK MILL ( 30 ) |
| 20 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposits | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
21 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down onto roads. One house had a section of the old tin roof blown away. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were down at 1620 Highway 173. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were down along Highway 173 at Carmichael Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were down at Pinehill Cutoff. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were down at Wrights Creek Road and Welding Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were down at Triple Lane and Twin Lakes Drive. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | $1,000 | A tree was blown down near Highway 160 and Williams Road. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | $1,000 | A large tree was blown down across Highway 177. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | $500 | A few downed trees on Highway 103 reported by the Holmes County EMA. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | - | Trees were blown down along Steverson Road. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Noma | - | Jackson Branch Road was flooded and closed. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | - | Multiple trees were blown down near Highways 79 and 160. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Noma | - | Highway 173 and MC Carnley Road was underwater. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Noma | - | Highway 173 and Highway 160 were underwater. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Noma | - | Water was across the roadway on Highway 79 and Mt Olive Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | - | Trees and power lines were down on Ivy Bush Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | - | Trees and debris were in the road at CR-160 and Highway 79. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Noma | - | 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | - | A trained spotter north of Bonifay estimated 60 mph winds with no power at his residence. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Noma | - | High water closed State Road 79 and Creek Road. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Noma | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noma Junction | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Esto | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Wynnlum | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Holland Crossroads | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Underwood Crossing | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Tendil Crossing | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Eleanor | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cobb Cross Roads | 3.8 miles | 15 |
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 Noma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2092562 | 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 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.







