BlockMartell, Nebraska
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Centerville precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 68404. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Denton quadrangle. 125 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,352 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1897 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Denton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lincoln quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Martell between 2007 and 2020, burning about 176 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martell in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martell | - | Mesonet measured 63 mph wind gust. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martell | - | A 64 mph wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| July 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Martell | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud along with multiple power flashes southwest of Lincoln near the Highway 2 and Highway 77 junction. |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Martell | - | A brief, narrow tornado embedded in intense downburst winds struck a portion of Martell, NE. The tornado uprooted and snapped trees, caused roof and siding damage, and tore the roof off a BnB that was attached to a large barn. The tornado's width was only 100 yards wide and a little more than a quarter mile long. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martell | - | Public reported wind damage around 3 pm near Martell. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martell | - | Public reported damage to a metal building at 6550 W Leealan Lane (east of Crete) in which the roof was torn off and carried 200 yards away. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martell | - | Emergency manager reported roof damage to a home. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Martell | - | 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.
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 Martell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6774231 | 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 831066. 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.