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.
Population over time
2 figuresNovice 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 139 | |
| 2020 | 122 | -17 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1892 USGS Ballinger quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Novice East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MULLINS |
| 23 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEAR GOLDSBORO |
| 6 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 702 N |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TAYLOR RANCH |
| 12 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIGHTNING STRIKE HWY 84 |
| 10 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOVICEWRIGHTHAYFIELD(102) |
| 10 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WRIGHT HAY FIRE |
| 8 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HASTINGS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Novice | $10,000 | A 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 2007 | Hail | Novice | $5,000 | Golfball size hail and strong winds were reported in Novice. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novice | $300 | The Novice volunteer fire department reported extensive tree damage across town along with a utility pole blown down. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Novice | - | There was half dollar to ping pong ball size hail falling. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Novice | - | Hailstones were estimated by the member of the public to be just under two inches. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Novice | - | The Novice VFD reported quarter size hail. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novice | - | The Novice Volunteer Fire Department estimated winds gusting to 60 mph. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Novice | - | Flooding was reported across County Road 419 near Novice. One vehicle was washed off the roadway. Occupants safely left the vehicle. |
| October 2018 | Hail | Novice | - | A Trained Spotter reported quarter size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph on U.S. Highway 84 near Novice. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Novice | - | A trained spotter reported half dollar size hail in Novice. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Novice | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail about 1 mile northeast of Novice. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Novice | - | A trained spotter reported quarter to half dollar size hail in Novice. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novice | - | The strong thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs that were about 4 inches in diameter about 4.7 miles west of Novice. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Novice | - | A trained spotter reported quarter size hail with a lot of rotation in the cloud. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novice | - | A trained spotter estimated 70 mph winds 5 miles west of Novice. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Novice | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud just east of his location. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Novice | - | Tennis ball size hail was reported 5 miles west of Novice. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Novice | - | Golf ball to tennis size hail was reported 3 miles west of Novice. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Novice | - | Golfball size hail fell in and around Novice as severe thunderstorms moved through the area. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Novice | - | Tents were blown down by high winds. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Novice | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Novice | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Novice | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Novice | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Novice | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Novice | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Novice | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Novice | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Novice | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q977998 | 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 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.



