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Martin, South Carolina

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Allendale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29836. It stands on Davis Branch. The Survey maps it on the Martin quadrangle. It stands 92 feet above sea level.

Martin within Allendale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Martin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 932 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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 burning19
Arson/incendiarism15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
18 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2002Natural13 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2002Natural61 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2008Naturalunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2016Equipment and vehicle use16 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 2008Arson/incendiarism12 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Allendale County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Martin: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unidentified Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Allendale County

Storms near this place

23 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martin in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 6 injuries. 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
September 2000Tornado (F2)Martin1 killed, 5 hurt, $290,000Fatality occurred in a camper that was one of 10 other campers at a hunt club. The camper was the second one in the line and it appeared to have disintegrated. One of the other campers was turned on its side while the others remained upright, for the most part. Also, there were three mobile homes destroyed, major damage to two mobile homes, minor damage to six mobile homes and major damage to a frame home along with numerous trees down or snapped 10 to 15 feet above the ground. This tornado continued into Barnwell County in WFO Columbia's CWA.
September 2000Tornado (F1)Martin1 hurt, $10,000Damage to a tin roof on a frame home, a hog feeder damaged, minor damage to several brick homes and several trees down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMartin$5,000The Allendale County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines down in several locations near the town of Martin, South Carolina.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMartin$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were reported down in Martin, South Carolina.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindMartin$1,000Emergency management reported a tree down along Highway 125 in Martin, SC.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMartin$1,000Emergency Manager reported one power line down in Martin.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMartin$1,000Large tree down across state road 125.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMartin$500One tree was reported down on Route 125.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMartin-Multiple trees were reported down in the Martin area of Allendale County.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindMartin-Allendale County dispatch reported numerous trees down along Highway 125 and Highway 321.
May 2020HailMartin-Allendale County dispatch reported penny sized hail in Martin.
March 2008HailMartin-A public report was received of half dollar sized hail in Martin, South Carolina.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMartin-Trees were knocked down at several locations across the county.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindMartin-Several trees and large limbs were knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Martin-A tornado snapped and bent trees in various directions.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindMartin-Numerous power lines were knocked down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMartin-Several trees and large limbs were down across roads.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindMartin-Numerous trees down along route 125.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMartin-Trees and powerlines down.
May 2006HailMartin-no account filed
May 2006HailMartin-no account filed
June 2005HailMartin-no account filed
July 2001HailMartin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Allendale 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
Averill2.0 miles16
Baldock2.9 miles16
Millett3.2 miles16
Browns Landing3.9 miles16
Little Hell Landing4.6 miles16
Johnsons Landing5.0 miles15
Concord Crossroads6.0 miles15
Appleton6.3 miles15

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 MartinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q9029707The 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 1227943. 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.