BlockMargaret, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Crowell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79227. The Survey maps it on the Margaret quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Medicine Mound quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Margaret quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Margaret quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Margaret between 2007 and 2011, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 November 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PAYBURN |
| 3 November 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 November 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FAIRCHILD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Margaret in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 4 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Margaret | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Margaret- | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Hail | Margaret | - | Social media video. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Margaret | - | Hail up to half-dollar size accumulated several inches deep in and around the Margaret area. FM 98 south of town had to be closed until a snow plow could come and remove it. Over two inches of rain also fell with the hail, along with 35 to 45 mph winds. |
| August 1996 | Hail | Margaret | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowell | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Thalia | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Rayland | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Foard City | 14.0 miles | 7 | |
| Vivian | 17.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1362174. 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.