BlockMarilla, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wellington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79251. The Survey maps it on the Quail 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 Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Quail quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Marilla between 2007 and 2018, burning about 305 acres in total. 2 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 | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THOMAS |
| 14 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 June 2009 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHITE |
| 12 May 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIMS FIRE |
| 29 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DANNY WIS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Dozier | 7.6 miles | 5 | |
| Samnorwood | 8.0 miles | 5 | |
| Lutie | 9.7 miles | 5 | |
| Rolla | 12.9 miles | 7 | |
| Wellington | 13.0 miles | 8 | |
| Swearingen | 13.1 miles | 7 | |
| Aberdeen | 13.8 miles | 5 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380143. 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.