Martinsville, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in North Tonawanda City. It lies in ZIP code area 14120. It stands on Bull Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tonawanda East quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 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 Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Niagara quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1900 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Tonawanda quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Tonawanda East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Tonawanda East quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Tonawanda East quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Lockport quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
395 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 395 fires within 5 miles of Martinsville between 2000 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 80 started naturally. 45 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/undetermined | 182 |
| Natural | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Smoking | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
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 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 4 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martinsville in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $15,000 | Trees and wires were downed by thunderstorm winds on Sweeney Street. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | $2,000 | A few trees were downed onto Old Falls Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyer | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Wurlitzer Park Village | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Hoffman | 1.5 miles | 28 | |
| North Tonawanda | 1.8 miles | 28 | |
| Park Village | 1.8 miles | 28 | |
| Beach Ridge | 2.5 miles | 28 | |
| Nashville | 2.5 miles | 28 | |
| Wendelville | 3.7 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956602. 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.











