Martinez, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78263. The Survey maps it on the Martinez quadrangle. 42 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresMartinez fell from 69 to 42 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 69 | |
| 2020 | 42 | -27 (-39%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Martinez quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Martinez quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Martinez quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Martinez between 2006 and 2015, burning about 912 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SZFD131577 |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 87E |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STUART ROAD |
| 11 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SZFD131590 |
| 9 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH 10 & 1604 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Martinez: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Clay | |
| Rosillo Creek Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Clay |
Storms near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martinez in 7 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 6 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Flash Flood | Martinez | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. An observer near Saint Hedwig reported 8.39 inches of rain in four hours. Several low water crossings in eastern Bexar County were closed due to flooding. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Martinez | - | A thunderstorm produced 4.5 inch diameter hail near I-410 and Paula Dr. in eastern San Antonio. This report was relayed by a broadcast media partner. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Martinez | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near I-410 and Rigsby Ave. on the east side of San Antonio. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Martinez | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail between Kirby and China Grove. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Martinez | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Martinez | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Martinez | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| China Grove | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Sayers | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Boldtville | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Kirby | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Salado Junction | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Adkins | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lone Oak | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Converse | 6.9 miles | 11 |
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 Martinez | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q970688 | 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 1341023. 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.





