BlockMartinsville, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Dallas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64467. The Survey maps it on the New Hampton quadrangle. 44 people lived here at the last count. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1948 USGS Bethany quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Nebraska City quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS New Hampton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maryville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Martinsville between 1995 and 2014, burning about 430 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 April 1995 | Smoking | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 31 March 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 80 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 29 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 March 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 12 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 19 February 2013 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 60 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martinsville in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampton | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Washington Center | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Brooklyn | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bethany | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mitchellville | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Gardner | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Matkins | 10.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wildwood | 11.3 miles | 16 |
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 Martinsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3295894 | The 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 730142. 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.
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.