BlockMartling, Alabama
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Town Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35951. It stands on Martling Branch. The Survey maps it on the Albertville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1885 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1936 USGS Albertville quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Albertville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Albertville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Guntersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
98 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Martling between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,136 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martling in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2018: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1995 | Tornado (F2) | Martling | 3 hurt, $500,000 | A tornado first touched down about two miles south-southwest of Martling in eastern Marshall County moving toward the east-northeast. The tornado continued on this track primarily across the rural area crossing into DeKalb County at 0531 CST. The tornado moved through the Hopewell community in southwest DeKalb County before ending just south of the Lakeview community at Highway 75. Emergency Management reported that more than 10 homes were destroyed, about 40 homes were damaged, and 30 chicken houses were damaged or demolished. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Martling | $50,000 | Golfball hail was reported at the Guntersville State park. |
| March 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martling | $6,000 | Trees were blown down at the Guntersville State Park. |
| January 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martling | $5,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms knocked down a few trees on Highway 227 in front of Guntersville State Park. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martling | $500 | A tree was knocked down on Highway 227 at the entrance of Guntersville State Park. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martling | $100 | Large tree limbs were knocked down. Time and location estimated from radar. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martling | $100 | A tree was knocked down on Old Highway 227 at Lake Guntersville State Park. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Martling | - | A tornado of EF-1 intensity produced peak wind speeds of 90 mph. This short-lived tornado did most of its damage over portions of Lake Guntersville State Park, near the entrance and across the golf course. Many trees were snapped with a few larger pines uprooted. The tornado continued briefly north-northeast crossing State Highway 227 before lifting near South Sauty Road and Highway 227 after snapping additional trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little New York | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Asbury | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Peters (historical) | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Alder Springs | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Jink (historical) | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Poplar Springs | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Hustleville | 3.8 miles | 24 | |
| Minorville (historical) | 4.4 miles | 24 |
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 Q122558699 | 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 122345. 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.