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Martinsburg, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Loutre Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65264. The Survey maps it on the Martinsburg quadrangle. 251 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 810 feet above sea level.

Martinsburg within Audrain County

Population over time

2 figures

Martinsburg fell from 304 to 251 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
2010304
2020251-53 (-17%)

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.

In the county-history sources

1,115 words on this township

History of Audrain County, Missouri : Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Towns and Villages; Together with ... Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens .., published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Loutre Township covers its area, water courses, old settlers, residents of the township in 1848, benton, its history.

Read the chapter on Loutre Township - 1,115 words.

Fires near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Martinsburg between 1994 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
27 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 March 2020Debris and open burning16 acresMissouri Department of Conservation200536-01420-03062020-1425
12 March 1994Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 January 2018Debris and open burning4.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177301-01420-01282018-1206
19 January 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Martinsburg: 13 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay, 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Martinsburg Limestone MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
Aubuchon PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Christy PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Audrain County

Storms near this place

7 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martinsburg in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
March 2025Tornado (EF1)Martinsburg$50,000In Madison County, the tornado mostly caused tree damage. The only structural damage was to a residence and an outbuilding on Highway C. From there, the tornado continued northeast before dissipating between the St. Francois River and Madison 418 at approximately 10:57 PM. In Madison County the tornado was rated EF-1 with a path length of 6.75 miles and a maximum path width of 770 yards.
June 2013FloodMartinsburg$2,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMartinsburg-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines across Franklin County. Several vehicle accidents along I-44 were reported at this time as well.
April 2026HailMartinsburg-no account filed
April 2023HailMartinsburg-no account filed
May 2022HailMartinsburg-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindMartinsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Audrain 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
Scotts Corner4.2 miles15
Culiver6.3 miles16
Benton City6.6 miles17
Rices Corner8.1 miles16
Rush Hill8.4 miles15
Hickory Creek (historical)9.0 miles16
Laddonia9.7 miles15
Vandiver11.2 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 MartinsburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q954803The 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 729549. 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.