Marquez, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Marquez census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77865. The Survey maps it on the Marquez quadrangle. 181 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 407 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMarquez fell from 263 to 181 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 | 263 | |
| 2020 | 181 | -82 (-31%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1925 USGS Marquez No. 1 quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Marquez quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1930 USGS Marquez quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Marquez quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Marquez between 1996 and 2019, burning about 254 acres in total. None 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8092 |
| 30 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8303 |
| 3 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 94 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4028 |
| 22 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 70 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 746 |
| 22 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARQUEZ |
| 20 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAR |
| 14 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marquez in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 18 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | 2 hurt, $75,000 | A large swatch of damaging winds moved across Leon County. Damage to a single-wide manufactured home south of Farm to Market (FM) 1618 occurred as the structure was rolled once to the east by the damaging winds. Two occupants were injured here and one individual was ejected from the structure. The peak wind associated with displacing this structure from its foundation was around 85 mph. Farther to the east, a single family residence suffered noteworthy roof damage consistent with 90 mph wind gusts near the community of Flo. In addition, discussion with the inhabitants revealed that nearly a dozen trees on the residence property had been either snapped or uprooted and required removal. One inhabitant at this residence was injured due to flying debris. Along the entire path of wind damage, notable tree damage was observed. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds unroofed five houses, blew down signs, trees, and power lines. |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Marquez | $500,000 | A brief tornado touchdown destroyed a convience store and a real estate office, and damaged several more businesses. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Marquez | $20,000 | Hail to the size of golf balls was reported in Marquez. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Marquez | $10,000 | A public report indicated golf ball to hen-egg size hail in the city of Marquez, TX. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | $10,000 | An amateur radio operator reported that a barn and a shop were destroyed by thunderstorm winds on County Road 431. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | $10,000 | Leon County Sheriff's Department reported that the roofs of 6 chicken houses were blown off and other debris was scattered about in the area. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | $7,000 | Emergency management reported 20 to 40 trees down on Highway 79 in the city of Marquez, TX. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | $5,000 | Leon County Sheriff's Department reported that a barn ended up in the middle of Highway 7 near Marquez. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | $4,000 | The front porch was removed from a house by strong winds. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | $500 | A large tree was blown down across a farm-to-market road. |
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | $250 | Tree limbs that were 1-2 in diameter were down on the south side of Marquez. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | - | Amateur radio reported multiple trees down on Highways 7, 79, and 39 in the vicinity of Jewett, Marquez, and Normangee. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | - | A trained spotter reported 2 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs blown down in the city of Marquez, TX. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Marquez | - | Trained spotter reported quarter size hail 3 miles west of Marquez. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | - | Leon County Sheriff's Department reported trees down on Highway 79. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | - | Leon County Sheriff's Department reported approximately 30 trees knocked down along CR 386. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Marquez | - | Dime to nickel sized hail was reported in Marquez. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | - | Trees and large limbs were blown down. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | - | A large tree was blown down onto Highway 79. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | - | A tree was blown down by high winds. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | - | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marquez | - | Several trees were blown down by strong winds. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Marquez | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Marquez | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Hail | Marquez | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Marquez | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Hollow | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Concord | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Venetia | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Margie | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Robbins | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Friendship | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Flynn | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| Newby | 9.2 miles | 8 |
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 Marquez | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982208 | 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 1362193. 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.






