BlockMartintown, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Haleyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35565. It stands on Whitehead Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kinlock Spring quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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 Kinlock Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Kinlock Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Kinlock Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Kinlock Spring quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Martintown between 1997 and 2019, burning about 762 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Martintown: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pebble | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Forkville | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Littleville | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Needmore | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Donaldson Mill | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Haleyville | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| DeFoor | 4.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160044. 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.