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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.

Marquez within Leon County

Population over time

2 figures

Marquez 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.

YearPeople Change
2010263
2020181-82 (-31%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

18 since 1996

Regional 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 burning6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 August 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8092
30 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service8303
3 August 2013Debris and open burning94 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4028
22 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution70 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 746
22 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMARQUEZ
20 August 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMAR
14 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leon County

Storms near this place

27 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMarquez2 hurt, $75,000A 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 1994Thunderstorm WindMarquez$500,000Thunderstorm winds unroofed five houses, blew down signs, trees, and power lines.
May 1994Tornado (F1)Marquez$500,000A brief tornado touchdown destroyed a convience store and a real estate office, and damaged several more businesses.
April 2016HailMarquez$20,000Hail to the size of golf balls was reported in Marquez.
April 2019HailMarquez$10,000A public report indicated golf ball to hen-egg size hail in the city of Marquez, TX.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindMarquez$10,000An amateur radio operator reported that a barn and a shop were destroyed by thunderstorm winds on County Road 431.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindMarquez$10,000Leon 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 2019Thunderstorm WindMarquez$7,000Emergency management reported 20 to 40 trees down on Highway 79 in the city of Marquez, TX.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindMarquez$5,000Leon County Sheriff's Department reported that a barn ended up in the middle of Highway 7 near Marquez.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindMarquez$4,000The front porch was removed from a house by strong winds.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindMarquez$500A large tree was blown down across a farm-to-market road.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindMarquez$250Tree limbs that were 1-2 in diameter were down on the south side of Marquez.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMarquez-Amateur radio reported multiple trees down on Highways 7, 79, and 39 in the vicinity of Jewett, Marquez, and Normangee.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindMarquez-A trained spotter reported 2 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs blown down in the city of Marquez, TX.
May 2017HailMarquez-Trained spotter reported quarter size hail 3 miles west of Marquez.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindMarquez-Leon County Sheriff's Department reported trees down on Highway 79.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindMarquez-Leon County Sheriff's Department reported approximately 30 trees knocked down along CR 386.
May 2016HailMarquez-Dime to nickel sized hail was reported in Marquez.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMarquez-Trees and large limbs were blown down.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindMarquez-A large tree was blown down onto Highway 79.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindMarquez-A tree was blown down by high winds.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindMarquez-Trees were blown down by high winds.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindMarquez-Several trees were blown down by strong winds.
April 2015HailMarquez-no account filed
April 2015HailMarquez-no account filed
March 2014HailMarquez-no account filed
May 1999HailMarquez-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Leon 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
Long Hollow3.8 miles8
Concord5.9 miles8
Venetia6.4 miles11
Margie6.5 miles7
Robbins7.0 miles8
Friendship8.6 miles8
Flynn9.2 miles7
Newby9.2 miles8

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 MarquezAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982208The 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.