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Novinger, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Nineveh Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63559. It stands on Davis Branch. The Survey maps it on the Novinger quadrangle. 383 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 787 feet above sea level.

Novinger within Adair County

On record in Novinger

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Novinger fell from 456 to 383 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.

YearPeople Change
2010456
2020383-73 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

5 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Novinger between 1992 and 2019, burning about 276 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
8 April 1992Debris and open burning82 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1992Arson/incendiarism70 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 April 1992Debris and open burning120 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
29 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
26 March 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179290-00000-03262019-1420

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adair County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Novinger: 11 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chariton River Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Adair County

Storms near this place

25 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Novinger in 25 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 17 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2002HailNovinger1 hurt, $15,000A man caught outside during the hailstorm received bruises on his arm.
July 2008FloodNovinger$300,000The Chariton River near Novinger, had its third highest crest on record,|28.44 feet. Several hundred acres of low lying farm land was inundated. Five homes in Novinger suffered total loss.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNovinger-Downed trees and wires near Rolling Hills Road. Time estimated from radar and outage report.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNovinger-A storm spotter estimated 60 mph wind.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindNovinger-An estimated 60 mph wind gust was reported.
June 2009Heavy RainNovinger-Novinger automated DCP gage, measured 3.04 inches of rain, in a three hour period.
July 2008Heavy RainNovinger-Storm total rainfall was 7.84 inches.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindNovinger-Tree limbs up to 10 inches in diameter snapped off from thunderstorm winds.
May 1997HailNovinger-Spotters and a Kirksville radio station reported dime to nickel-size hail near Novinger, Greentop and Kirksville.
June 2015HailNovinger-no account filed
April 2015HailNovinger-no account filed
June 2011HailNovinger-no account filed
July 2011HailNovinger-no account filed
September 2010HailNovinger-no account filed
June 2009HailNovinger-no account filed
February 2007HailNovinger-no account filed
April 2007HailNovinger-no account filed
April 2007HailNovinger-no account filed
August 2007HailNovinger-no account filed
July 2006HailNovinger-no account filed
July 2006HailNovinger-no account filed
April 2002HailNovinger-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindNovinger-no account filed
September 2001HailNovinger-no account filed
October 2001HailNovinger-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Adair 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
Danforth1.5 miles11
Tipperary2.8 miles11
Nineveh3.0 miles10
Connelsville3.2 miles10
Youngstown4.2 miles11
Fegley4.9 miles10
Nefy (historical)5.4 miles11
Green Grove5.7 miles10

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 NovingerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q960266The 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 723530. 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.