Newark, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Boyd-Rhome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76071. It stands on Derrett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rhome quadrangle. 1,096 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 696 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNewark grew from 1,005 to 1,096 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,005 | |
| 2020 | 1,096 | +91 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rhome quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
128 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Newark between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,343 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 217 CR 4860 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13350 BRIAR RD |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 287 |
| 27 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EPSON SALT |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 287 |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | NW HIGHWAY 287 |
| 16 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 354 BRAMMER |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUSINESS HWY 287 N. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Newark: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Portland Newark Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newark in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | $500,000 | Two mobile homes and the post office were unroofed by high winds. |
| August 2012 | Lightning | Newark | $200,000 | A home in the Chisholm Springs subdivision in Newark, TX was struck by lightning. The bolt set the house on fire, destroying it. Three girls inside the home escaped without injury. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | $100,000 | A manufactured home on Private Road 4866 in Briar was damaged and shifted back about 4 feet by thunderstorms winds. The skirting of the home was peeled and windows were knocked out or blown out. In addition, a large metal garage system was damaged. The garage doors were pushed in and part of the metal roof was peeled off. Another public report indicated additional home and tree damage in the Briar area, particularly in the Hills of Briar Oak Addition. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | $75,000 | Several trees and homes suffered damage along and around Central Ave in Newark. Video obtained from the local fire station indicates the cause was straight-line winds. Many trees were snapped, large tree limb broken, and a few large trees were uprooted. Some of the trees damaged homes and vehicles. Some roofs sustained shingle damage. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | $30,000 | Six mobile homes, two barns, several sheds, and a chicken coop were damaged by strong thunderstorm winds in the Newark area. |
| September 2010 | Lightning | Newark | $20,000 | A lightning strike hit a home in the Chisholm Spring subdivision in Newark. The lightning strike entered the home through the satellite dish and traveled through the cable, charring the walls and floor around the cable. The charge caused a computer to catch on fire. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Newark | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Hail | Newark | $7,000 | Hen egg sized hail was reported in Briar, TX. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | $5,000 | Amateur radio reported that trees and power lines were down along FM 730 in the city of Briar, TX. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | $500 | A public report indicated one-inch diameter tree limbs blown down and shingles removed from a home in the city of Newark, TX. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | A public report indicated that several trees were blown down near Eagle Mountain Lake in Newark. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | Estimated by a trained storm spotter. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | Two mobile homes and the post office were unroofed by high winds. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Newark | - | no account filed |
| December 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newark | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Newark | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newark Beach | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Briar | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Fairview | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rhome | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Aurora | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Boyd | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| New Fairview | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Keeter | 7.2 miles | 12 |
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 Newark | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q726499 | 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 1342557. 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.




