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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Marfa, Texas

Volunteers have reported 2 automated license plate readers in and around Marfa — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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Live camera map 2 reported cameras around Marfa, Texas

Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →

Camera Watch Recently reported near Marfa

No new reports near Marfa in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 23:13 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Marfa

The readers mapped around Marfa break down as 2 of unrecorded make. Named operators in the reports: Customs and Border Protection, Drug Enforcement Administration. Every report here dates to Jan 2026.

Presidio County — 1 reader
US Highway 67 — 1 reader

Marfa in the Presidio County picture

Presidio County has 8 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #58 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 2.7% nationally. That’s across 6,043 residents and 5,125 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 83.2% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 2 traffic. Operators named on the record: Customs and Border Protection (1), Drug Enforcement Administration (1).

What’s watching Marfa

These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Marfa — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Marfa (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

What you can do in Marfa

Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.

Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.

Cameras near Marfa

Alpine (1) Presidio (4) Fort Stockton (6) Pecos (10)

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).