Mart, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76664. The Survey maps it on the Mart quadrangle. 1,748 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 525 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresMart fell from 2,273 to 1,748 between 2000 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,273 | |
| 2010 | 2,209 | -64 (-3%) |
| 2020 | 1,748 | -461 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1920 USGS Mart quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Mart quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Mart between 2005 and 2020, burning about 410 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 93005 |
| 24 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AYCOCK LANE FIRE |
| 15 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9121 |
| 7 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BALLMAN RD COMBINE FIRE |
| 7 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOWASKI-B |
| 6 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANDY HUGHES GRASS FIRE |
| 29 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE HWY 164 W GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mart in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 8 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flood | Mart | $150,000 | Several roads remained flooded after approximately 5-15 inches of rain fell across the county. Many creeks and streams remained swollen, flooding the areas around them. The left lane of Interstate 35 southbound near Eddy remained closed. In Elm Mott, at least 10 families along Lincoln City Road were cut off for nearly two weeks until flood waters drained. As the lake level continued to rise on the 25th, some county roads near Lake Waco had to be closed due to waters spilling over the roads. The Brazos River at Waco rose over 25 feet, flooding residents along Honey Lane in Downsville southeast of Waco. The water took nearly a week to recede enough to allow residents to return to their homes. |
| October 2015 | Flood | Mart | $25,000 | The emergency manager reported several county roads near creeks, streams, and low water crossings were flooded but widespread significant flooding was not occurring. Some roads were damaged. However, there were some spots that experienced flash flooding at times and these have been appropriately documented as such under 'Flash Flood' entries. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mart | $15,000 | Central Texas Media reported a roof was blown off a house in the Mart/Lavender area in extreme eastern McLennan County. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Mart | $10,000 | A trained spotter reported tennis ball sized hail in the city of Mart, TX. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mart | $7,000 | Tree limbs were knocked down throughout Mart due to strong thunderstorm winds. A few tree limbs fell on a parked truck and damaged the vehicle. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mart | $5,000 | Trees down and small buildings damaged. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mart | $2,000 | A media report indicated that 2 recreational vehicles were overturned in the city of Mart, TX. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mart | $1,000 | Broadcast media reported power lines blocking the road near the intersection of FM 1860 and Koehne Road between the towns of Riesel and Mart. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mart | $1,000 | A media report indicated that the roof of an unknown building was laying on the side of Battle Lake Road in the city of Mart, TX. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Mart | - | A trained spotter reported flooding on North Carpenter between Prospect and Texas Avenue as well as flooded roadways throughout Mart. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Mart | - | Emergency management reported flooding in Mart. Water covered the yard of a resident and approached the house. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Mart | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in Mart. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Mart | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in the town of Mart. |
| January 2007 | Flash Flood | Mart | - | Flooding was reported on Farm-to-Market and County Roads east of Mart. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Mart | - | Old Mart Road, South Third Street, Tradinghouse Lane, and Boys Ranch Road were closed due to flooding. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Mart | - | Water from heavy rains covered several roads and flooded Navarro Street, near Mart Branch Creek in eastern Mart. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Mart | - | Water covered portions of Farm-to-Market Road 939. |
| April 1997 | Flash Flood | Mart | - | Several roads were flooded in and around town. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Mart | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Mart | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Mart | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mart | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mart | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Mart | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Mart | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Mart | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q969811 | The 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 1362206. 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.




