Martinez, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Coachella Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92274. The Survey maps it on the Valerie quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Martinez
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Martinez Historical Districtlisted 1973 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 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.
- 1904 USGS Indio quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1941 USGS Coachella quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Coachella quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Coachella quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Valerie quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
605 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 605 fires within 5 miles of Martinez between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,982 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 61 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 | 346 |
| Debris and open burning | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 49 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | 5TH ST / HOME AV |
| 9 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 9 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | HOME AV / 5TH ST |
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | LOCAL |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | HARRISON ST THER |
| 6 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 2716 |
| 5 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Riverside Unit | HOME AV / 5TH ST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| One Hundred Palms | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| Valerie | 1.5 miles | 28 | |
| Mecca | 4.1 miles | 28 | |
| Thermal | 5.4 miles | 30 | |
| Vista Santa Rosa | 5.7 miles | 30 | |
| Sandy Korner | 5.7 miles | 30 | |
| Oasis | 7.3 miles | 29 | |
| Caleb (historical) | 7.5 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660996. 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.











