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Martin, South Dakota

5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Martin City. It lies in ZIP code area 57551. The Survey maps it on the Martin quadrangle. 938 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,310 feet above sea level.

Martin within Bennett County

On record in Martin

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Martin fell from 1,071 to 938 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,071
2020938-133 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 5 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

47 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Martin between 2000 and 2020, burning about 932 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Fireworks6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Other causes3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 2009Natural3.0 acresPine Ridge AgencyALVIN FROST
27 September 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresMartin Volunteer Fire DepartmentKNECHT
25 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresPine Ridge AgencySOUTH SUNRISE
2 September 2000Natural5.0 acresMartin Volunteer Fire DepartmentLOUDEN
18 September 2012Naturalunder an acrePine Ridge AgencyFORTY
13 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePine Ridge AgencyPICKLE
6 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSouth Dakota Wildland Fire SuppressionOAT FIRE
26 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresPine Ridge AgencyHENSCHEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bennett County

Storms near this place

60 of 126 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martin in 126 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 76 hail, 41 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 tornado. 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
August 2011HailMartin$700,000Large hail damaged buildings and vehicles in Martin.
May 2005HailMartin$250,000no account filed
August 2011HailMartin$35,000no account filed
June 2024HailMartin$25,000Baseball to softball sized hail caused significant damage to home and vehicle.
June 2024HailMartin$10,000Large hail damaged a vehicle, including a broken windshield.
July 2015HailMartin$10,000no account filed
June 2007HailMartin$5,000Large hail and strong winds broke most of the windows in a house.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMartin$5,000Metal roofs blown off of small sheds.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindMartin$5,000Wind blew over a greenhouse.
July 2015Flash FloodMartin$2,000Flash flooding washed out several fences and water covered a driveway about three miles east of Martin.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMartin-Public reported an estimated wind gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMartin-Wind driven hail broke windows at 3 houses near the junction of highways 18 and 73 in Martin.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMartin-Combination of hail and wind broke multiple windows downtown. Power pole damage caused a power outage in Martin.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMartin-Combination of hail and wind caused damage to a building and sign.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMartin-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
July 2021HailMartin-Most of the hail was small, but a few were near ping pong ball size.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMartin-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMartin-The roof was partially torn off a home.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMartin-Strong winds downed tree branches, with minor damage to the deck of the home.
May 2019Heavy RainMartin-A resident measured 5.8 inches of rain in 24 hours.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMartin-Wind gusts to 60 mph were reported with the storm.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindMartin-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2018HailMartin-Windows were broken by large hail.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindMartin-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindMartin-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMartin-The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMartin-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMartin-The spotter estimated wind gusts reached 70 mph.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMartin-The spotter reported wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMartin-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindMartin-A spotter estimated wind gusts of 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMartin-A spotter reported 60 mph wind gusts.
August 2011HailMartin-The ground was covered with hail.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMartin-Small tree branches were blown down.
May 2007HailMartin-Hail covered the ground.
June 2006HailMartin-50 MPH winds with hail.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMartin-Three inch diameter tree branches were broken off.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMartin-1 foot diameter tree down in Martin along with dime sized hail.
July 2000WildfireMartin-Lightning caused three fires which burned 8,000 acres of land in southwestern Bennett County. The fires were contained within 24 hours.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Martin-Weak tornado that touched down briefly. Path width and length estimated from reports.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Martin-Brief touchdown. Path width and length estimated.
July 1997HailMartin-Hail was two inches deep on ground.
August 2024HailMartin-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMartin-no account filed
June 2024HailMartin-no account filed
June 2024HailMartin-no account filed
June 2024HailMartin-no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMartin-no account filed
July 2024HailMartin-no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindMartin-no account filed
May 2022HailMartin-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMartin-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMartin-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMartin-no account filed
July 2020HailMartin-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMartin-no account filed
June 2020HailMartin-no account filed
June 2020HailMartin-no account filed
June 2018HailMartin-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMartin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bennett 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
Black Eyes6.4 miles5
LaCreek (historical)7.2 miles5
Bad Wound8.9 miles5
Plenty Bears9.0 miles5
Swett11.6 miles5
Allen12.6 miles5
Tuthill12.7 miles6
Patricia14.1 miles5

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 Q281028The 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 1256336. 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.