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Novice, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Novice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79538. The Survey maps it on the Novice East quadrangle. 122 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,988 feet above sea level.

Novice within Coleman County

Population over time

2 figures

Novice fell from 139 to 122 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
2010139
2020122-17 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 12 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

33 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Novice between 2005 and 2019, burning about 5,132 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMULLINS
23 September 2012Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEAR GOLDSBORO
6 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 702 N
3 August 2011Natural150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTAYLOR RANCH
12 August 2012Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLIGHTNING STRIKE HWY 84
10 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOVICEWRIGHTHAYFIELD(102)
10 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWRIGHT HAY FIRE
8 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHASTINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coleman County

Storms near this place

28 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Novice in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 20 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
January 2004Tornado (F0)Novice$10,000A tornado developed from a low topped storm south of the community of Novice and moved northwest across the community. Portions of two roofs were blown off of homes and numerous windows were broken.
March 2007HailNovice$5,000Golfball size hail and strong winds were reported in Novice.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNovice$300The Novice volunteer fire department reported extensive tree damage across town along with a utility pole blown down.
May 2023HailNovice-There was half dollar to ping pong ball size hail falling.
April 2021HailNovice-Hailstones were estimated by the member of the public to be just under two inches.
April 2019HailNovice-The Novice VFD reported quarter size hail.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindNovice-The Novice Volunteer Fire Department estimated winds gusting to 60 mph.
September 2018Flash FloodNovice-Flooding was reported across County Road 419 near Novice. One vehicle was washed off the roadway. Occupants safely left the vehicle.
October 2018HailNovice-A Trained Spotter reported quarter size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph on U.S. Highway 84 near Novice.
May 2017HailNovice-A trained spotter reported half dollar size hail in Novice.
April 2016HailNovice-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail about 1 mile northeast of Novice.
May 2016HailNovice-A trained spotter reported quarter to half dollar size hail in Novice.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindNovice-The strong thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs that were about 4 inches in diameter about 4.7 miles west of Novice.
April 2015HailNovice-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail with a lot of rotation in the cloud.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindNovice-A trained spotter estimated 70 mph winds 5 miles west of Novice.
June 2014Funnel CloudNovice-A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud just east of his location.
April 2011HailNovice-Tennis ball size hail was reported 5 miles west of Novice.
April 2011HailNovice-Golf ball to tennis size hail was reported 3 miles west of Novice.
May 2002HailNovice-Golfball size hail fell in and around Novice as severe thunderstorms moved through the area.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindNovice-Tents were blown down by high winds.
May 1993HailNovice-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
May 2017HailNovice-no account filed
April 2015HailNovice-no account filed
May 2015HailNovice-no account filed
April 2011HailNovice-no account filed
April 2003HailNovice-no account filed
May 2000HailNovice-no account filed
May 1996HailNovice-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coleman 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
Silver Valley4.7 miles12
Goldsboro5.7 miles12
Glen Cove8.6 miles12
Hamrick11.8 miles13
Coleman15.3 miles13
Talpa15.4 miles12
Echo16.8 miles14
Valera16.8 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 NoviceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q977998The 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 1375223. 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.