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Martinsburg, New York

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Martinsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 13367. It stands on Atwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glenfield quadrangle.

Martinsburg within Lewis County

Then and now

1905 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Martinsburg, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Martinsburg, surveyed 1905

On record in Martinsburg

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

49 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Martinsburg between 1999 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural9
Debris and open burning8
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
10 August 2007Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2004Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 July 2020Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
4 July 1999Natural1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
3 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Martinsburg: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Sulfur, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Martinsburg DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, SulfurOccurrence
Town of Lowville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Waterworks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this place

18 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martinsburg in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2002Thunderstorm WindMartinsburg$75,000no account filed
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMartinsburg$25,000Law enforcement reported damage to a house.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindWest Martinsburg$15,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMartinsburg$15,000no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMartinsburg$10,000Officials reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindMartinsburg$10,000Law enforcement reported trees and wires down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindMartinsburg$10,000no account filed
September 2010FloodMartinsburg$8,000no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMartinsburg$7,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindMartinsburg$5,000Severe thunderstorms moved across the area ahead of a cold front. There were numerous reports of downed trees and wires and power outages. In Horseheads, Chemung County, the storms toppled a 200-year old poplar tree that was 14-foot in diameter. A man was injured by a falling tree limb in Liverpool, Onondaga County In Oaks Corners, Ontario County a downed tree damaged a deck, kitchen, garage and dining room of a house. Torrential rains of the storm resulted in localized urban flooding.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindMartinsburg$5,000Thunderstorms crossed the region during the early morning hours. The thunderstorms produced damaging winds that downed trees and power lines.
September 2001Flash FloodMartinsburg$5,000no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMartinsburg$5,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMartinsburg$500Tree downed across Cemetery Rd.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindWest Martinsburg$500A large tree was downed across Centreville Road.
July 2024Flash FloodWest Martinsburg-Centerville Road washed out.
July 2024Flash FloodWest Martinsburg-Water flowing across Rector Road near Swernicki Road. Rector Road washed out in some areas.
July 2024Flash FloodMartinsburg-West Road/Route 26 flooded and impassable near Whetstone Park.

Every storm recorded in Lewis 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
East Martinsburg2.3 miles21
West Martinsburg3.0 miles19
Glendale3.2 miles21
Watson3.2 miles18
Lowville3.6 miles18
Glenfield4.0 miles21
Hoseville4.1 miles21
Bushes Landing4.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956600. 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.