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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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
Falls County Courthouselisted 2000
Population over time
2 figuresMarlin 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,967 | |
| 2020 | 5,462 | -505 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1957 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 2005Regional 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 burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBERTS FIRE |
| 30 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUZZARD IN POWER LINES |
| 29 August 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DREWS HAY FIRE |
| 16 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AUCTION BARN FIRE |
| 11 August 2009 | Smoking | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANDAZZO FIRE |
| 1 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2008 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 704201602 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
57 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | $50,000 | A public report contained a photo of the roof at the World Finance building in Marlin, TX collapsed. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | $50,000 | Seventy-five to one hundred trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. Several buildings were damaged by falling trees. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Marlin | $25,000 | Hail ranging from 1.5 - 2 was reported in Marlin via multiple sources. Damage to vehicles was reported. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Marlin | $20,000 | Several cars were damaged by golf ball-size hail. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Marlin | $10,000 | Heritage 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | $6,000 | Snapped trees and downed trees were reported in Marlin via social media. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | $5,000 | A tree was uprooted and fell on power lines. Garbage cans, lawn furniture, and tree limbs were also blown around. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | $5,000 | A large barn was blown down and large trees were uprooted. |
| March 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | $2,000 | The facing was blown off the front of a store by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Marlin | - | Emergency manager reported street flooding with water level above the bottom of a car in Marlin. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Marlin | - | 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 2019 | Hail | Marlin | - | Broadcast media reported quarter size hail in the city of Marlin, TX. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | - | 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | - | A large tree was blown down east of Marlin. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Marlin | - | Live Oak Road and FM 147 were flooded and barricaded. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Marlin | - | Streets were flooded. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Marlin | - | High water was reported over Highway 46. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Marlin | - | Water was reported over Highway 6 south of Perry. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Marlin | - | Several streets were flooded in town. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Marlin | - | Reported in the Mooreville community. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Marlin | - | Reported in Chilton. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Marlin | - | Flooding reported on Highway 6. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | - | Trees down over the northern part of the county. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | - | Several tree branches were broken off. |
| March 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Marlin | - | Weak tornado formed and dissipated near Marlin; no damage reported. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | - | Large tree limbs broken off. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | - | A power line was blown down in Marlin. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Marlin | - | Numerous roads closed or covered with water around Marlin and the rest of the county. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | - | Trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Marlin | - | Many roads were flooded. Several motorists were stranded in flood waters. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Marlin | - | Several roads were reported flooded across the county. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Marlin | - | Several roads were flooded across the county. |
| April 1997 | Flash Flood | Marlin | - | Several creeks were reported out of their banks. |
| December 1997 | Flash Flood | Marlin | - | Several roads in and around town were reported flooded. |
| December 1997 | Flash Flood | Marlin | - | Numerous roads throughout the county were reported flooded. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | - | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Marlin | - | Seventy-five to one hundred trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. Several buildings were damaged by falling trees. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Marlin | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marlin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 2.7 miles | 7 | |
| Rocky Hill | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| McClanahan | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Triangle | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Tomlinson Hill | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Satin | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Perry | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Guda | 8.0 miles | 14 |
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 Marlin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982441 | 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 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.



