Martell, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Martell town. It lies in ZIP code area 54767. The Survey maps it on the Martell quadrangle. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1949 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Martell quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Hastings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Martell in 1993, burning under an acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 October 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Martell: 12 occurrences, 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Slate, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce County Operations | Slate, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Rush River Dolomite Deposit #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Rush River Dolomite Deposit #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Clay Corner Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Clay Corner Road Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit Drive Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hillcrest Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hillcrest Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lawton Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lilly Hanson Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martell in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2022: 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Martell | - | A ten mile long and three mile wide swath of damaging wind hit far northeast Pierce County. Several hundred trees were knocked down, with many across roads and power lines, and a few on houses and cars. A roof was partially blown off a house two miles southwest of Spring Valley. A barn was blown down four miles west-northwest of Spring Valley. |
| June 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Martell | - | A storm chaser recorded a funnel cloud for several minutes east of Martell. It was evident that the funnel cloud was only a few hundred feet above the ground. No damage was observed or reported, nor was there any indication of a touchdown on video. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Martell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viking | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lawton | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Morton Corner | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| El Paso | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Beldenville | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| East Ellsworth | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Evergreen Estates | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Olivet | 8.0 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 Martell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6774227 | 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 1569089. 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.







