BlockMarkout, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Forney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75126. The Survey maps it on the Forney South quadrangle. It stands 466 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Kaufman quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Forney South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Markout between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,255 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 | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DALLAS EAST |
| 29 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LASATER |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 325 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STARK |
| 4 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HELMS TRAL |
| 2 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 260 |
| 12 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 449 YOUNGSTOWN ST |
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.
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 Markout | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076533 | 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 1378643. 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.