Martinsville, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Warsaw town. It lies in ZIP code area 14569. It stands on Relyea Creek. The Survey maps it on the Warsaw quadrangle.

Martinsville within Wyoming County

Then and now

1905 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Martinsville, surveyed 1984

Topographic sheet of Martinsville, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

1905 USGS Portage quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1943 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:24000
1944 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:31680
1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Warsaw quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

74 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Martinsville between 2003 and 2019, burning about 52 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 19 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	25
Debris and open burning	20
Arson/incendiarism	19
Natural	5
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
17 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
9 August 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
29 August 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 July 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
22 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 July 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
17 July 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
10 July 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyoming County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Martinsville: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Geyers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Silver Springs Plant	Bromine	Past Producer	Brine
A.Kerr Bros.& Co.Well	Salt	Past Producer
Bradley Salt Co.Salt Well	Salt	Past Producer
Miller Salt Co.Salt Well	Salt	Past Producer
Salt Vale No.1 Well	Salt	Past Producer
Silver Springs Wells	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Wyoming 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
South Warsaw	0.8 miles	17
Warsaw	1.3 miles	17
Newburg	2.1 miles	17
Oatka	2.3 miles	17
North Gainesville	2.5 miles	17
Rock Glen	2.6 miles	17
West Perry Center	3.5 miles	17
Halls Corner	3.7 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 956601. 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.