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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.

Newark within Wise County

Population over time

2 figures

Newark 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,005
20201,096+91 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

128 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined57
Debris and open burning37
Equipment and vehicle use18
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest Service217 CR 4860
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13350 BRIAR RD
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceUS 287
27 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEPSON SALT
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 287
16 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNW HIGHWAY 287
16 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service354 BRAMMER
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUSINESS HWY 287 N.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wise County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
General Portland Newark DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wise County

Storms near this place

23 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1994Thunderstorm WindNewark$500,000Two mobile homes and the post office were unroofed by high winds.
August 2012LightningNewark$200,000A 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 2019Thunderstorm WindNewark$100,000A 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 2019Thunderstorm WindNewark$75,000Several 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 2011Thunderstorm WindNewark$30,000Six mobile homes, two barns, several sheds, and a chicken coop were damaged by strong thunderstorm winds in the Newark area.
September 2010LightningNewark$20,000A 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 2024HailNewark$10,000no account filed
April 2024HailNewark$7,000Hen egg sized hail was reported in Briar, TX.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindNewark$5,000Amateur radio reported that trees and power lines were down along FM 730 in the city of Briar, TX.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindNewark$500A public report indicated one-inch diameter tree limbs blown down and shingles removed from a home in the city of Newark, TX.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindNewark-A public report indicated that several trees were blown down near Eagle Mountain Lake in Newark.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindNewark-Estimated by a trained storm spotter.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindNewark-Two mobile homes and the post office were unroofed by high winds.
June 2023HailNewark-no account filed
March 2004HailNewark-no account filed
April 2003HailNewark-no account filed
April 2002HailNewark-no account filed
March 2001HailNewark-no account filed
June 2001HailNewark-no account filed
March 2000HailNewark-no account filed
March 2000HailNewark-no account filed
December 1998Thunderstorm WindNewark-no account filed
April 1994HailNewark-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wise 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
Newark Beach1.4 miles20
Briar3.1 miles20
Fairview3.5 miles12
Rhome3.7 miles9
Aurora4.2 miles12
Boyd6.9 miles12
New Fairview7.1 miles9
Keeter7.2 miles12

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 NewarkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q726499The 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.