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Martinsville, Illinois

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Martinsville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62442. It stands on Norman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Casey quadrangle.

Martinsville within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

Storms near this place

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martinsville in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 24 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Thunderstorm WindMartinsville$50,000Several utility poles were damaged on 1000th St between Highway 40 and 1200th Road.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindMartinsville$40,000Numerous trees were blown down, including a 20-inch diameter tree that fell onto power lines. Power was knocked out throughout Martinsville.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMartinsville$35,000Three semis were blown over on I-70 northeast of Martinsville.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindMartinsville$25,000Numerous trees were blown down.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMartinsville$25,000Numerous tree branches and power lines were blown down causing a large power outage in Martinsville.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindMartinsville$20,000A gustnado on the leading edge of thunderstorms damaged power lines on the north side of Martinsville.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMartinsville$20,000Several trees were blown down just west of Martinsville.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindMartinsville$20,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMartinsville$5,000Three large trees were snapped just north of Martinsville.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindMartinsville$5,000Several tree limbs were blown down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMartinsville$3,000Two one-foot diameter poplar trees were blown down in Martinsville.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMartinsville$3,000A large tree was uprooted in Martinsville.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindMartinsville$2,000A tree was blown down across a road in Martinsville.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindMartinsville$2,000A tree was blown down onto Cumberland Road about 2 miles east-northeast of Martinsville.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMartinsville-Several 6 to 8-inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMartinsville-Several large tree limbs were blown down at I-70 in Martinsville.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindMartinsville-A swath of wind damage extended along the Interstate 70 corridor from Martinsville to Marshall to the Indiana state line. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. Siding was torn off a house in Marshall.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindMartinsville-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines. A couple of the trees fell onto homes causing damage. Also, one home had several windows blown out. No injuries were reported.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindMartinsville-Several power poles were blown down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMartinsville-A tree was blown over onto an unoccupied car, damaging it.
June 2001Flash FloodMartinsville-Water was reported over US Route 40, near Martinsville.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMartinsville-As severe storms moved through Clark County, numerous trees were blown down. One of the trees fell onto a house in rural Martinsville causing moderate damage. In Marshall, eight homes sustained minor damage and several power lines were blown down. Also, 3 miles southeast of Marshall, a machine shed was destroyed and a residence sustained minor damage. No injuries were reported.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMartinsville-A large tree was blown down across North Creek Road about one mile south of Martinsville.
May 1994Tornado (F0)Martinsville-A tornado briefly touched down in a field six miles south of Martinsville. No damage was reported.
February 2026HailMartinsville-no account filed
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMartinsville-no account filed
March 2012HailMartinsville-no account filed
March 2012HailMartinsville-no account filed
September 2012HailMartinsville-no account filed
March 2012HailMartinsville-no account filed
May 2011HailMartinsville-no account filed
May 2011HailMartinsville-no account filed
April 2011HailMartinsville-no account filed
May 2011HailMartinsville-no account filed
April 2011HailMartinsville-no account filed
April 2011HailMartinsville-no account filed
May 2006HailMartinsville-no account filed
May 2000HailMartinsville-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindMartinsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Adenmoor5.0 miles17
Cumberland5.5 miles17
Clark Center5.6 miles17
Neadmore6.1 miles14
Cleone6.2 miles17
Casey6.4 miles17
Weir6.7 miles17
Oilfield6.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 413079. 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.

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.