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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1948 USGS Martins Mill quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Martins Mill quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Martins Mill quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
145 since 1993Regional 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 burning | 108 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 858 |
| 28 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 858 |
| 27 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2311 |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1516 |
| 25 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2318 |
| 24 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 858 |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1653 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Brick Daniels Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Athens Brick Van Zandt County Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Daniels Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Van Zandt County Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Yancy Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Springs | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Walton | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ben Wheeler | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Mars | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Denman Crossroads | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Tundra | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Colfax | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Jackson | 8.7 miles | 13 |
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 Mill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6774796 | 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 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.






