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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.

Mart within McLennan County

Population over time

3 figures

Mart 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.

YearPeople Change
20002,273
20102,209-64 (-3%)
20201,748-461 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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 2005

Regional 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 use20
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service93005
24 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAYCOCK LANE FIRE
15 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9121
7 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBALLMAN RD COMBINE FIRE
7 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOWASKI-B
6 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRANDY HUGHES GRASS FIRE
29 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTATE HWY 164 W GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015FloodMart$150,000Several 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 2015FloodMart$25,000The 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 2020Thunderstorm WindMart$15,000Central Texas Media reported a roof was blown off a house in the Mart/Lavender area in extreme eastern McLennan County.
April 2017HailMart$10,000A trained spotter reported tennis ball sized hail in the city of Mart, TX.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindMart$7,000Tree 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 2006Thunderstorm WindMart$5,000Trees down and small buildings damaged.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindMart$2,000A media report indicated that 2 recreational vehicles were overturned in the city of Mart, TX.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindMart$1,000Broadcast media reported power lines blocking the road near the intersection of FM 1860 and Koehne Road between the towns of Riesel and Mart.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindMart$1,000A 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 2024Flash FloodMart-A trained spotter reported flooding on North Carpenter between Prospect and Texas Avenue as well as flooded roadways throughout Mart.
April 2024Flash FloodMart-Emergency management reported flooding in Mart. Water covered the yard of a resident and approached the house.
April 2023HailMart-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in Mart.
May 2010HailMart-Quarter sized hail was reported in the town of Mart.
January 2007Flash FloodMart-Flooding was reported on Farm-to-Market and County Roads east of Mart.
May 2007Flash FloodMart-Old Mart Road, South Third Street, Tradinghouse Lane, and Boys Ranch Road were closed due to flooding.
May 2006Flash FloodMart-Water from heavy rains covered several roads and flooded Navarro Street, near Mart Branch Creek in eastern Mart.
January 1998Flash FloodMart-Water covered portions of Farm-to-Market Road 939.
April 1997Flash FloodMart-Several roads were flooded in and around town.
April 2011HailMart-no account filed
April 2000HailMart-no account filed
January 1998HailMart-no account filed
February 1998Thunderstorm WindMart-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindMart-no account filed
April 1996HailMart-no account filed
May 1995HailMart-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McLennan 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
Battle3.0 miles8
Blackland5.2 miles8
Hallsburg6.5 miles8
Lake Creek6.6 miles8
Riesel6.7 miles8
Elk7.5 miles8
Harrison8.9 miles8
Oaklake9.7 miles18

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 MartAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q969811The 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.