Martinstown, Missouri
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Elm Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63565. The Survey maps it on the Graysville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1912 USGS Green City quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Green City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Green City NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Graysville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Kirksville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Martinstown in 1992, burning about 22 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 burning | 2 |
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 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Martinstown: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martinstown in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinstown | 2 hurt, $50,000 | Mobile home destroyed with two injuries. Reported by law enforcement. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinstown | - | Tree limbs 6 to 8 inches in diameter were downed south of Martinstown. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Martinstown | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Martinstown | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graysville | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lowground | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lickskillet | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Worthington | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Sidney | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Elko | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Glendale | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hartford | 5.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 721940. 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.







