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Newcastle, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newcastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76372. It stands on Peveler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newcastle quadrangle. 526 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,142 feet above sea level.

Newcastle within Young County

On record in Newcastle

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Newcastle fell from 585 to 526 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
2010585
2020526-59 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

98 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Newcastle between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,884 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
Debris and open burning29
Equipment and vehicle use25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
3 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service380 EAST
29 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWATER PLANT RD
10 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service380 BEARVILLE
7 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceORTH RD
29 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2019063
29 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMADISON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Young County

Storms near this place

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newcastle in 65 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 42 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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 2014HailNewcastle$40,000The Young County Emergency Manager reported golf ball sized hail at Fort Belknap.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindNewcastle$30,000Downburst winds caused damage in Newcastle. Large trees were knocked down; some of the trees were a foot in diameter. Power lines and power poles were also knocked down. Light roof damage was reported around the town, and a few 15'x15' outbuilding were blown up against houses.
March 2007LightningNewcastle$30,000A lightning strike struck a mobile home and destroyed it. No one was injured.
May 2013HailNewcastle$20,000Hail to the size of a chicken egg was reported near Newcastle. Quarter and golf ball sized hail was also reported.
April 2008HailNewcastle$20,000Baseball to golfball-size hail was reported south of Olney.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindNewcastle$10,000Power lines and poles were downed with power outages reported.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindNewcastle$10,000The roof was blown off a grocery store and multiple power lines were blown down.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindNewcastle$10,000Strong winds removed the roof from a mobile home.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindNewcastle$7,000Two power poles were blown over east of Newcastle along Highway 380.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindNewcastle$7,000Minor roof damage was observed in Newcastle. Shingles were torn off other houses.
June 2011HailNewcastle$6,000no account filed
April 2014HailNewcastle$5,000Golf ball sized hail has reported by fire and rescue 6 miles southwest of Newcastle, TX.
May 2012HailNewcastle$5,000Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in Newcastle via HAM radio.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindNewcastle$5,000Storm spotters estimated thunderstorm winds of 60 mph in Newcastle.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindNewcastle$5,000High winds tore shingles from the roof of a home.
October 2012HailNewcastle$4,000Golf ball sized hail was reported in Newcastle.
June 2012HailNewcastle$2,000Tennis to baseball sized hail was reported near Fort Belknap State Park.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindNewcastle$100Large tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
March 2023HailNewcastle-Dime sized hail reported near Newcastle.
March 2018HailNewcastle-A storm chaser reported quarter-sized hail approximately 4 miles west-southwest of the city of Newcastle, TX.
May 2015Flash FloodNewcastle-Young County Sheriff's Department reported water over Hwy 380 west of Newcastle, TX.
May 2015HailNewcastle-Emergency management reported golf ball sized hail on FM 3109 approximately 8 miles west of Graham, TX.
May 2015HailNewcastle-Emergency management reported golf ball sized hail on FM 3109 approximately 8 miles west of Graham, TX.
April 2014HailNewcastle-Young County Sheriff's deputies reported quarter sized hail north of Newcastle.
May 2013HailNewcastle-Hail to the size of a tea cup was reported in Newcastle.
May 2012HailNewcastle-Half dollar sized hail was reported in Newcastle.
September 2010FloodNewcastle-Residual flooding continued along FM 926 west of Newcastle after the rain ended.
September 2010Flash FloodNewcastle-Flooding was reported along FM 926 approximately 1 mile west of Newcastle.
June 2007Flash FloodNewcastle-Roads were closed near Highway 380 due to high water.
April 2004Flash FloodNewcastle-Flash flooding reported by a spotter in Newcastle.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Newcastle-A brief tornado was reported. No damage or injury reports were received.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindNewcastle-Large tree limbs were blown down.
July 1995HailNewcastle-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
July 1995HailNewcastle-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
July 1995HailNewcastle-Power lines were blown down by high winds.
May 1994Tornado (F0)Newcastle-A brief tornado was reported two miles north of Newcastle.
May 1993Tornado (F1)Newcastle-A brief tornado touchdown uprooted a few trees in open country.,
May 2015HailNewcastle-no account filed
April 2008HailNewcastle-no account filed
April 2007HailNewcastle-no account filed
April 2004HailNewcastle-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindNewcastle-no account filed
June 2004HailNewcastle-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindNewcastle-no account filed
June 2003HailNewcastle-no account filed
June 2003HailNewcastle-no account filed
June 2003HailNewcastle-no account filed
September 2001HailNewcastle-no account filed
September 2001HailNewcastle-no account filed
April 2000HailNewcastle-no account filed
April 2000HailNewcastle-no account filed
April 2000HailNewcastle-no account filed
April 2000HailNewcastle-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindNewcastle-no account filed
May 1999HailNewcastle-no account filed
May 1999HailNewcastle-no account filed
May 1998HailNewcastle-no account filed
May 1998HailNewcastle-no account filed
June 1997HailNewcastle-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindNewcastle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Young 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
Belknap (historical)3.0 miles10
True5.9 miles8
Proffitt7.1 miles8
Proffitt Crossing8.1 miles8
Red Top9.3 miles10
Jean9.6 miles8
Graham9.9 miles11
Twin Mountains10.1 miles11

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 NewcastleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q979309The 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 1363841. 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.

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.