Martinville, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Walker Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72039. It stands on Shilling Branch. The Survey maps it on the Damascus quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Bee Branch quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Damascus quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Damascus quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
126 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Martinville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,565 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 45 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 | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | DOCS LANE |
| 27 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas 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 Martinville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martinville in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2013: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Martinville | $100,000 | Numerous county roads were flooded. Four homes in the Liberty community and one home in Greenbrier were evacuated due to rising creeks. |
| March 2012 | Flood | Martinville | $10,000 | Flash flooding earlier in the day became widespread areal flooding as creeks flooded. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Martinville | - | A number of roads were flooded. For the 24-hour period ending at 7 AM on the 31st, Conway measured 3.77 inches of rain. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinville | - | Large tree limbs downed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Groves | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Republican | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pinnacle Springs (historical) | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bono | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Grove | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Guy | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Soda Valley | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Greenbrier | 8.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77607. 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.








