BlockMarsh, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Canadian River Breaks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79108. The Survey maps it on the Marsh quadrangle. It stands 3,422 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1936 USGS Fourways quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Marsh quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Borger quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Marsh between 1993 and 2020, burning about 8,252 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US287@124MM |
| 3 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US287@123.5MM |
| 3 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US287@123MM |
| 3 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US287@122.5MM |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LODGE HOUSE |
| 20 August 2020 | Natural | 188 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BIG CANYON |
| 16 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLUE KNOIGHT |
| 7 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRAWFORD 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Marsh: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kritser Pit & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marsh in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2007: 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Hail | Marsh | - | Reported on U.S. Highway 287 one mile south of the Moore County and Potter County line. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Marsh | - | Time of the hail was estimated. Reported nine miles west southwest of Lake Meredith. |
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Marsh | - | Flash flooding occurred in Alibates/McBride Canyon areas of Lake Meredith National Recreation Area as reported by U.S. Park Rangers during the late evening hours. A total of ten or eleven people were stranded in the high water in McBride Canyon. A Park Service vehicle in Alibates National Monument floated two hundred yards downstream and the Park Ranger had to be rescued. A total of four vehicles were stranded in McBride Canyon including a wrecker that was called out to assist one of the vehicles. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Marsh | - | 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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q22076535 | 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 1380146. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.