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Martin, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Martin-Allen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41649. It stands on Buck Branch. The Survey maps it on the Martin quadrangle. 513 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 659 feet above sea level.

Martin within Floyd County

Population over time

2 figures

Martin fell from 634 to 513 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.

YearPeople Change
2010634
2020513-121 (-19%)

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.

Fires near this place

260 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Martin between 1997 and 2020, burning about 7,991 acres in total. None started naturally. 71 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 burning94
Arson/incendiarism71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Recreation and ceremony35
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySHOP BRANCH
9 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryBANNER
9 September 2002Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning23 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burning50 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
28 September 2019Arson/incendiarism20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPRATER
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism15 acresKentucky Division of ForestryCRACKER BOTTOM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Martin: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Allen PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
F-1 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this place

24 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martin in 24 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
February 2021Flash FloodMartin$75,000Reports of 2 to 4 feet of water that is now inundating downtown Martin. Also notified of numerous water rescues ongoing across Floyd County as well.
May 2008HailMartin$8,000Quarter go golfball size hail was observed by a state trooper. Large limbs and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindMartin$7,500A picture on social media showed a tree that had been blown down onto an old mobile home in the vicinity of Martin, resulting in substantial roof damage.
January 2012Thunderstorm WindMartin$3,000Trees were blown down along Hwy 1210 two miles southwest of Martin.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindMartin$3,000Three trees were blown down in Martin. Two of the trees were downed on KY 3382 and another was blown down on KY 550.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMartin$3,000Trees and power lines were downed.
March 2015FloodMartin$1,000Highway 1428 was closed due to flooding.
April 2015FloodMartin$1,000Stephens Branch and Bucks Branch were both flooded.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindMartin$1,000Two fifty foot tall trees blown down. Two inch flag pole bent at base with pole touching the ground.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMartin$500Multiple trees and power lines were reported down in the community of Martin.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMartin-Trees were reported to be blown down across the community of Martin.
August 2013Heavy RainMartin-The IFLOWS gage at Left Beaver near Martin measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.84 inches.
April 2006HailMartin-Hail covered the ground.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMartin-Several trees down across Highway 1428.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMartin-One tree reported down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMartin-One small tree and one large limb blown down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMartin-Trees were down on hill tops.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindMartin-Trees were reported down.
December 2000FloodMartin-Heavy rainfall created several rockslides on HWY 80 in Martin.
July 2007HailMartin-no account filed
April 2005HailMartin-no account filed
June 2002HailMartin-no account filed
April 1999HailMartin-no account filed
June 1998HailMartin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Alphoretta0.9 miles17
Hite1.1 miles17
Arkansas1.3 miles16
Colliver1.8 miles16
Warco2.3 miles17
Allen City2.9 miles16
Printer3.0 miles16
Beaver Junction3.0 miles16

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 Q2635473The 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 497596. 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.