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Martin, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Fort McCoy-Anthony census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34475. The Survey maps it on the Reddick quadrangle.

Martin within Marion County

Then and now

1893 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Martin, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Martin, surveyed 1893

On record in Martin

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Martin between 1992 and 2019, burning about 734 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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
Railroad operations and maintenance39
Debris and open burning35
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNW 44TH AVE (42)
20 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2003-08-1094
9 July 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service830
2 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/B&M FIRE
4 June 2019Debris and open burning10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceZUBER (42)
16 June 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/90TH AVE
8 May 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/225A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Martin: 14 producers, 5 past producers, 2 unknowns. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boutwell Limerock Mining - Clifton MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Counts Constr. - Martin MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Counts Construction Co. - H&M Katz MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Franklin Industrial Minerals - Lowell MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
M.J. Stavola - Stavola's MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
M.J. Stavola - Zuber MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Marion Northside Stone - 441 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Southern Materials Corp.Limestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
White Construction Co., Inc.-CliftonLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Zuber Hi-Cal MillLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

5 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martin in 5 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025FloodMartin-At 6:43 am, the public reported a roadway was starting to overflow with water on NW Gainesville Road in Ocala near NW 89th place. At 8:05 am, the public shared a video along NW Gainesville Road near NW 120th Street and Florida State Fire College that showed water over the road, but cars were still driving through. The ditches were also filled and pilling over onto the road.
July 2024FloodMartin-Street and road flooding was reported.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindMartin-The EM relayed widespread wind damage along NW 80th Ave near NW Highway 225A including a snapped water oak tree and a flipped horse trailer. Severe thunderstorm winds of 70-80 mph removed a roof and lofted it onto the other side of the building. There was also a lot of structure damage to a horse barn. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindMartin-Emergency Management reported thunderstorm wind damage from 1210 north Gainesville Road to 1859 Northeast 129th Place West and near Sparr in northern Marion County. Trees were blown down in the area and one tree fell and significantly damaged a home. A stable roof was also blown off.
March 1995Tornado (F0)Martin-A funnel cloud touched down briefly causing no casualties or damage.

Every storm recorded in Marion County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Zuber1.9 miles16
Lowell2.5 miles16
Regal Park3.0 miles16
Kendrick3.0 miles16
Ocala Park Ranch3.3 miles16
Ocala Highlands Estates3.6 miles16
Anthony4.2 miles17
Golden Hills4.8 miles17

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 MartinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6774807The 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 295432. 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.