Marshall Creek, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Justin-Roanoke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76262. It stands on Cade Branch. The Survey maps it on the Argyle quadrangle. 431 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 610 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Argyle quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Marshall Creek between 2005 and 2020, burning about 551 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARK VISTA |
| 8 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALLIANCE GATEWAY |
| 8 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | I35 |
| 7 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7 HILLS |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCCURDY |
| 5 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARSHALL CREEK- 172 |
| 12 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALLIANCE GATEWAY |
| 5 July 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
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 Marshall Creek: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roanoke | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Trophy Club | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Elizabethtown | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Bartonville | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Corral City | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Flower Mound | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Double Oak | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Justin | 6.6 miles | 10 |
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 Marshall Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q973381 | 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 1388543. 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.




