BlockMargie, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Normangee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77865. The Survey maps it on the Margie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Margie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Margie between 1996 and 2018, burning about 5,029 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,689 acres | Livingston Area | CONCORD ROBBINS FIRE |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 495 AND 496 FIRE |
| 11 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 436 |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 436 FIRE |
| 26 August 2015 | Natural | 52 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4016 |
| 25 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEON 15:13 |
| 17 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robbins | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Concord | 2.0 miles | 8 | |
| South Salem | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Friendship | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Spring Seat | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Redland | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Flynn | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Marquez | 6.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380141. 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.