Nocona, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Nocona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76255. It lies near Blue Mound. The Survey maps it on the Nocona quadrangle. 3,002 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 981 feet above sea level.

Nocona within Montague County

Population over time

2 figures

Nocona fell from 3,033 to 3,002 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	3,033
2020	3,002	-31 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1905 USGS Montague quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Nocona quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

242 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Nocona between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,008 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 4 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	77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	74
Equipment and vehicle use	53
Power generation/transmission/distribution	13
Natural	10
Smoking	6
Arson/incendiarism	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Recreation and ceremony	2

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 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	2016090
8 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
7 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	2011109
6 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
4 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	2017102
3 September 2018	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	2018085
3 September 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	2018086
3 September 2007	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montague County

Storms near this place

60 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nocona in 77 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 51 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2013	Tornado (EF1)	Nocona	1 hurt, $100,000	National Weather Service storm survey crews determined a tornado occurred in the Nocona Lake Estates on the west side of Lake Nocona. The tornado first occurred in open fields, before moving northeast toward the lake. The tornado caused damage to several homes and several open lots, before curving sharply to the northwest, producing EF-1 damage to several manufactured homes.
April 2025	Flash Flood	Nocona	$100,000	Amateur radio passed along reports of water coming into homes, water over roadways, and stranded cars in Nocona. The Montague County Sheriff's Office also reported that US Highway 82 was closed in both directions in Nocona.
April 2006	Flash Flood	Nocona	$25,000	FM 1956 between Nocona and Nocona Hills and numerous other county roads were closed due to flooding. Some low lying homes were flooded.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	$20,000	Wind damage was reported in Downtown Nocona and about 2 miles north of Downtown Nocona along FM 103. Numerous structures had roof damage and one building had a portion of its roof peeled back. Several homes also lost shingles. In addition, large trees nearly 1 foot in diameter were blown down.
October 2009	Hail	Nocona	$20,000	Teacup size hail was reported in Nocona.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	$15,000	Strong thunderstorm winds tore about a metal barn on Hoben Road north of Nocon and another barn along CR 3394 to the north and west.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	$10,000	Emergency management reported that a few trees, power lines, and power poles were blown down in Nocona.
October 2011	Hail	Nocona	$10,000	Golfball sized hail was reported at Nocona General Hospital.
May 2025	Hail	Nocona	$7,000	Emergency manager reported golf ball sized hail 4 east of Nocona.
May 2009	Hail	Nocona	$7,000	A trained spotter reported Baseball size hail 1 mile west-southwest of Nocona.
November 2024	Flash Flood	Nocona	$5,000	Nocona Hills VFD conducted a high water rescue on Rivercrest Drive near Lake Nocona.
May 2013	Hail	Nocona	$5,000	Trained spotters reported ping pong ball sized hail in Nocona.
March 2009	Hail	Nocona	$5,000	Half dollar to golfball size hail fell in the city of Nocona.
May 2009	Hail	Nocona	$5,000	Tennis ball size hail was reported 2 miles east of Nocona.
May 2009	Hail	Nocona	$5,000	Hen Egg size hail fell 2 miles west of Nocona.
March 2006	Hail	Nocona	$5,000	Golf ball-size hail reported near Lake Nocona.
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds caused roof damage to a hospital in Nocona.
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines between Nocona and Spanish Fort.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	$4,000	Numerous trees were blown down by high winds.
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	$2,000	Trees and power lines were blown down by high winds.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	$2,000	Trees and power lines were blown down and an awning was blown off a storefront by thunderstorm winds.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees and powerlines.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	$2,000	Strong winds blew down a power pole.
May 2009	Hail	Nocona	$1,000	Ping Pong size hail was reported in Nocona.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	$500	Nocona police reported a metal carport was blown into the street near Nocona High School.
May 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	$500	Many tree limbs were blown down onto Highway 82 between Nocona and St. Jo.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	$100	A large tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds.
April 2026	Hail	Nocona	-	Emergency manager reported penny sized hail at Nocona General Hospital.
April 2025	Flash Flood	Nocona	-	Emergency management reported multiple high-water rescues in the northern part of Montague County. Multiple boat crews were requested to assist.
May 2020	Hail	Nocona	-	Emergency management reported quarter-sized hail approximately 6 miles northeast of the city of Nocona, TX.
August 2020	Hail	Nocona	-	A public report indicated dime sized hail in the city of Nocona, TX.
May 2018	Hail	Nocona	-	A trained spotter reported 1 to 1.25 inch diameter hail 2 miles north-northwest of the city of Nocona, TX.
May 2018	Hail	Nocona	-	A social media report indicated quarter-sized hail on Club Lake Road in the city of Nocona, TX.
May 2017	Hail	Nocona	-	Volunteer Fire Department reported quarter-sized hail in the northwest part of the city of Nacona, TX.
September 2017	Hail	Nocona	-	Fire and Rescue reported hail ranging from 0.75 to 1.5 inches in diameter.
March 2013	Hail	Nocona	-	Broadcast media reported quarter sized hail approximately 4 miles west of Nocona.
May 2013	Hail	Nocona	-	Golf ball sized hail ways reported approximately 3 miles west of Lake Nocona.
August 2011	Hail	Nocona	-	Penny sized hail was reported 5 miles NE of Nocona.
March 2010	Hail	Nocona	-	Nickel size hail fell in the city of Nocona.
March 2009	Hail	Nocona	-	Nickel size hail fell in the city of Nocona.
March 2009	Hail	Nocona	-	Nickel size hail was reported 1 mile south of Nocona.
March 2009	Hail	Nocona	-	Quarter size hail was reported 2 miles northeast of Nocona.
March 2009	Hail	Nocona	-	Half dollar size hail fell 2 miles north of Nocona.
March 2009	Hail	Nocona	-	Nickel size hail fell in the city of Nocona.
May 2009	Hail	Nocona	-	Ping Pong size hail fell 2 miles west of Nocona.
May 2009	Hail	Nocona	-	Nickel size hail was reported 2 miles north of Nocona.
April 2009	Flash Flood	Nocona	-	Streets were beginning to flood in Nocona.
April 2009	Hail	Nocona	-	A local fireman reported half dollar size hail 4 miles south of Nocona.
May 2009	Hail	Nocona	-	Half Dollar size hail fell 3 miles east of Nocona.
June 2009	Hail	Nocona	-	Nickel size hail was reported in Nocona.
March 2009	Hail	Nocona	-	Quarter size hail fell 5 miles northeast of Nocona.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Nocona	-	Highway 92 west of town was under water and barricaded, as was FM 103 north of town. Several other roads were closed due to high water as well.
March 2006	Hail	Nocona	-	Reported in Nocona Hills.
August 2004	Hail	Nocona	-	Occurred 3 miles north of Lake Nocona.
May 1999	Flash Flood	Nocona	-	Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused street flooding in the town of Nacona.
June 1998	Tornado (F0)	Nocona	-	A brief tornado was reported near Nocona. No damage was reported.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a tree.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	-	Thunderstorm winds downed trees. No dollar estimate of damage was reported.
April 1994	Hail	Nocona	-	An intermittent tornado track extended along Highway 59 between Montague and St. Jo. Fences and power lines were down across the highway, closing it to traffic until the debris could be cleared.
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Nocona	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montague 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Belcherville	5.7 miles	8
Nocona Hills	6.0 miles	10
Bonita	7.2 miles	9
Montague	8.4 miles	10
Hynds City	8.6 miles	9
Rowland	11.2 miles	9
Valley View	11.4 miles	9
Corinth	11.5 miles	9

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 Nocona	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q973864	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 1363946. 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.