Martinsville, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Chireno-Martinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75961. It stands on Kingham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Martinsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Martinsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Martinsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Martinsville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 244 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON-7122 |
| 21 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON-7138 |
| 16 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7126 |
| 10 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON-7133 |
| 1 September 2013 | Fireworks | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7102 |
| 5 August 2013 | Fireworks | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7071 |
| 28 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 471 |
| 14 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON-7108 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martinsville in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1999 | Tornado (F2) | Martinsville | $250,000 | The damage was 150 yards wide that began in a rural area, 1/4 mile north of the intersection of Hwy 95 and FM 1878. Damage consisted of a chimney blown down, a large cedar tree snapped in half then blown 20 yards from the stump. A Tyson chicken barn was completely demolished with about 300 chickens killed. Forestry damage consisted of numerous trees fallen. A tin roofing from the chicken barns was tangled in many trees up to 1.2 miles away. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | - | Trees downed on Highway 7 west of Martinsville. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | - | A tree was downed along County Road 381 southeast of Martinsville. |
| December 2024 | Hail | Martinsville | - | Quarter size hail reported near Martinsville. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Martinsville | - | Nickel size hail reported in the Martinsville community. |
| April 2021 | Flash Flood | Martinsville | - | FM 95 was flooded in the Polly Branch community. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Martinsville | - | TXDOT reported that Farm to Market Road 95 between Martinsville and Chireno was flooded and closed. County Road 384 about 3 miles southeast of Martinsville off of FM 95 was flooded and closed as well. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Martinsville | - | Dime size hail was reported 11 miles northwest of Chireno, Texas. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martinsville | - | Numerous trees down along State Highway 7. |
| July 1996 | Hail | Martinsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swift | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Point | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Shady Grove | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Melrose | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Attoyac | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pisgah | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Ridge | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Chireno | 10.4 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 Martinsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6777249 | 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 1362239. 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.






