Norse, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cranfills Gap census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76634. It stands on Norse Hill. The Survey maps it on the Sugarloaf Mountain quadrangle. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
On record in Norse
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Joseph and Anna Olson Farmlisted 1983 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1888 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clifton quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Sugarloaf Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Waco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Norse between 2005 and 2020, burning about 655 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 burning | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUSHIA |
| 23 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RONNY LAIRDON |
| 21 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEBB |
| 1 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4155 |
| 23 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4226 |
| 19 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEWIS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norse in 8 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Norse | $8,000 | Media sent a photo of estimated tennis-ball size hail in between Meridian and Cranfills Gap in Bosque County. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Norse | $1,000 | The Bosque County emergency manager reported Farm to Market Road 219 six miles west of Clifton was closed due to flash flooding. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Norse | - | Emergency management reported multiple county road closures due to flooding including CR 4235. Several bridge approaches were washed out. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Norse | - | Law enforcement reported quarter-sized hail in Norse. |
| March 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Norse | - | A tornado was reported and verified by storm chasers. The tornado was intermittent for about 3 minutes. No damage was reported. |
| April 2016 | Flood | Norse | - | Flood waters continued to recede in and around the town of Clifton after 4 inches of rain fell in the area. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norse | - | Emergency management reported wind gusts to 60 MPH near the intersection of FM 182 and FM 219. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norse | - | A public report of tree damage was received between Clifton and Cranfille Gap, TX. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossroad Store | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Clifton | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pendell | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bosque | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Cranfills Gap | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Mosheim | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Womack | 10.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cayote | 11.4 miles | 15 |
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 Norse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q60744989 | 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 2034564. 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.






