Marietta, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Marietta-Douglassville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75566. It stands on Floyd Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marietta quadrangle. 115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 351 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMarietta fell from 134 to 115 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 | 134 | |
| 2020 | 115 | -19 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1914 USGS Daingerfeild quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Daingerfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
290 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 290 fires within 5 miles of Marietta between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,305 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 45 were 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 | 166 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6235 |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COPOHAN GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUGH MEADOWS FIRE |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 352 |
| 29 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WRIGHT PASTURE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Marietta: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Silica, Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marietta in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2011: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Tornado (F2) | Marietta | $250,000 | Tornado developed in a high precipitation supercell as it moved east across the county. This tornado was one of several that occurred. Tornado tracked eastward along Hwy 77 and crossed through downtown Douglassville at Hwy 8 then continued east into the woods before lifting. Several homes, mobile homes, and businesses were damaged including the Post Office. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | Trees were downed near the town of Marietta, Texas. |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | Trees downed. |
| December 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Marietta | - | Tornado occurred in rural wooded area. Damage consisted of leaf stripped trees and broken branches. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Marietta | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Marietta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickleberry | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Bethlehem | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cornett | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Dalton | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cusseta | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bryans Mill | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Almira | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Carterville | 8.1 miles | 10 |
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 Marietta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q976351 | 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 1340954. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.






