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Marlin, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Marlin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76661. It stands on Bean Branch. The Survey maps it on the Marlin quadrangle. 5,462 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 390 feet above sea level.

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Marlin within Falls County

On record in Marlin

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Marlin fell from 5,967 to 5,462 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.

YearPeople Change
20105,967
20205,462-505 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

42 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Marlin between 2005 and 2020, burning about 336 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceROBERTS FIRE
30 August 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUZZARD IN POWER LINES
29 August 2009Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDREWS HAY FIRE
16 August 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAUCTION BARN FIRE
11 August 2009Smoking10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRANDAZZO FIRE
1 August 2008Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 August 2008Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service704201602

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Falls County

Storms near this place

57 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marlin in 57 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 21 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 15 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMarlin$50,000A public report contained a photo of the roof at the World Finance building in Marlin, TX collapsed.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindMarlin$50,000Seventy-five to one hundred trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. Several buildings were damaged by falling trees.
May 2020HailMarlin$25,000Hail ranging from 1.5 - 2 was reported in Marlin via multiple sources. Damage to vehicles was reported.
April 2006HailMarlin$20,000Several cars were damaged by golf ball-size hail.
April 2009Flash FloodMarlin$10,000Heritage Row at Live Oak Street was closed due to several inches of water over the road from heavy rain. Some drainage culverts were crushed by the weight of the water.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindMarlin$6,000Snapped trees and downed trees were reported in Marlin via social media.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMarlin$5,000A tree was uprooted and fell on power lines. Garbage cans, lawn furniture, and tree limbs were also blown around.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindMarlin$5,000A large barn was blown down and large trees were uprooted.
March 1997Thunderstorm WindMarlin$5,000no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindMarlin$2,000The facing was blown off the front of a store by thunderstorm winds.
May 2025Flash FloodMarlin-Emergency manager reported street flooding with water level above the bottom of a car in Marlin.
April 2023FloodMarlin-A trained spotter reported street flooding about a mile east-southeast of Marlin, TX, with up to 5 inches of water on the road.
June 2019HailMarlin-Broadcast media reported quarter size hail in the city of Marlin, TX.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindMarlin-Falls County Sheriff's Department reported 10 to 12 inch diameter trees down on FM 147 approximately 1 mile north of the city of Marlin, TX.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindMarlin-A large tree was blown down east of Marlin.
May 2007Flash FloodMarlin-Live Oak Road and FM 147 were flooded and barricaded.
June 2007Flash FloodMarlin-Streets were flooded.
July 2007Flash FloodMarlin-High water was reported over Highway 46.
July 2007Flash FloodMarlin-Water was reported over Highway 6 south of Perry.
June 2007Flash FloodMarlin-Several streets were flooded in town.
April 2006HailMarlin-Reported in the Mooreville community.
April 2006HailMarlin-Reported in Chilton.
May 2006Flash FloodMarlin-Flooding reported on Highway 6.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMarlin-Trees down over the northern part of the county.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMarlin-Several tree branches were broken off.
March 2005Tornado (F0)Marlin-Weak tornado formed and dissipated near Marlin; no damage reported.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindMarlin-Large tree limbs broken off.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindMarlin-A power line was blown down in Marlin.
June 2004Flash FloodMarlin-Numerous roads closed or covered with water around Marlin and the rest of the county.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindMarlin-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMarlin-Trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind.
January 1998Flash FloodMarlin-Many roads were flooded. Several motorists were stranded in flood waters.
January 1998Flash FloodMarlin-Several roads were reported flooded across the county.
January 1998Flash FloodMarlin-Several roads were flooded across the county.
April 1997Flash FloodMarlin-Several creeks were reported out of their banks.
December 1997Flash FloodMarlin-Several roads in and around town were reported flooded.
December 1997Flash FloodMarlin-Numerous roads throughout the county were reported flooded.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindMarlin-Trees were blown down by high winds.
May 1994HailMarlin-Seventy-five to one hundred trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. Several buildings were damaged by falling trees.
April 2007HailMarlin-no account filed
November 2004HailMarlin-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindMarlin-no account filed
May 2003HailMarlin-no account filed
December 2002HailMarlin-no account filed
April 2000HailMarlin-no account filed
May 2000HailMarlin-no account filed
April 1999HailMarlin-no account filed
March 1999HailMarlin-no account filed
March 1997HailMarlin-no account filed
March 1996HailMarlin-no account filed
April 1996HailMarlin-no account filed
April 1996HailMarlin-no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindMarlin-no account filed
March 1995HailMarlin-no account filed
April 1995HailMarlin-no account filed
April 1995HailMarlin-no account filed
May 1994Thunderstorm WindMarlin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Falls County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sunrise2.7 miles7
Rocky Hill3.9 miles8
McClanahan5.1 miles7
Triangle5.2 miles8
Tomlinson Hill5.5 miles8
Satin7.6 miles14
Perry7.8 miles8
Guda8.0 miles14

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 MarlinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982441The 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 1362189. 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.