BlockMarlow, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Cameron census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76520. The Survey maps it on the Cameron quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Marlow between 2005 and 2017, burning about 903 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALDRIDGE FIRE |
| 8 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHURFFIELD FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMERON FIRE |
| 30 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOSEY FIRE |
| 25 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KEN STONE |
| 8 July 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2095 RR |
| 2 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORIZON FARM FIRE |
| 11 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORIZON FARM |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034840. 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.