Martell, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Ione census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95642. It stands on Oneida Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jackson quadrangle. 207 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,486 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1889 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresMartell fell from 282 to 207 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 282 | |
| 2020 | 207 | -75 (-27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 29 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.
- 1889 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1941 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Sacramento quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Jackson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Sutter Creek quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS San Andreas quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
267 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of Martell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 867 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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 | 90 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 86 |
| Debris and open burning | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | PINE |
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | SUNSET |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | SUTTER |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | SUNSET |
| 6 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central California District | SHAKERIDGE |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Amador-El Dorado Unit | BUTTE |
| 30 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | CREEK |
| 30 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Amador-El Dorado Unit | RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 293 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 293 workings within 5 miles of Martell: 118 occurrences, 80 past producers, 68 prospects, 18 producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Chromium, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Ranch | Gold, PGE, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Anita | Gold, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Gold, Iron | |
| Ayers, Charlers | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel | |
| Bunker Hill | Gold, Iron | Past Producer | 1853 | |
| Central Eureka | Gold, Silver, Iron, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Producer | 1855 | |
| Ellis Property | Chromium, Iron | Prospect | ||
| G. J. Alexander | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Johnson Ranch | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Kennedy | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | 1856 | |
| Keystone | Gold, Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1851 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutter Hill | 0.8 miles | 30 | |
| Jackson | 1.7 miles | 29 | |
| Sutter Creek | 1.8 miles | 30 | |
| Bonnefoy | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Scottsville | 3.1 miles | 29 | |
| Amador City | 3.9 miles | 30 | |
| Bunker Hill | 4.5 miles | 30 | |
| Sunnybrook | 4.6 miles | 28 |
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 Martell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458384 | 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 228158. 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.













