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Martins Mill, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Ben Wheeler-Edom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75754. The Survey maps it on the Martins Mill quadrangle.

Martins Mill within Van Zandt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

145 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Martins Mill between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,381 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning108
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2
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
29 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service858
28 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service858
27 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2311
26 September 2015Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1516
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2318
24 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service858
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1653

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Zandt County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Martins Mill: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Acme Brick Daniels PitClayProducer
Athens Brick Van Zandt County PitClayProducer
Daniels PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Van Zandt County PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Yancy PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Van Zandt 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
Holly Springs1.5 miles13
Walton4.9 miles13
Ben Wheeler5.0 miles13
Mars5.2 miles13
Denman Crossroads5.5 miles13
Tundra5.8 miles13
Colfax7.2 miles14
Jackson8.7 miles13

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 Martins MillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6774796The 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 1341036. 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.