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Martintown, Wisconsin

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Cadiz town. It lies in ZIP code area 53522. The Survey maps it on the Browntown quadrangle. It stands 810 feet above sea level.

Martintown within Green County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

In the county-history sources

13,507 words on this township

History of Green County, Wisconsin, published 1877; History of Green County, Wisconsin, published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Cadiz Town covers the township.

Read the chapter on Cadiz Town - 13,507 words.

Fires near this place

7 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Martintown between 2018 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
5 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources322020
27 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources442018
20 April 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources372018
11 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources352018
3 March 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources262018
22 March 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources302108
15 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources282018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Green County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Martintown: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Devoe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fritsch QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
R. Crain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stites QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Green County

Storms near this place

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Martintown in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 flood, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1996Flash FloodMartintown$15,000no account filed
March 2019FloodMartintown$10,000The Pecatonica River at Martintown reached major flood stage, cresting at 22.41 feet during the early afternoon of March 16th. Some homes in the Martintown area have floodwaters in their basements and first floors with major damage. Martintown Road and West River Road in Martintown are flooded. The Pecatonica River was flooding upstream to the border with Lafayette County. In Browntown, Hwy 11 is limited to one lane between highway M and Cadiz Spring Rd. Portions of Highway MM and West Indies Road are flooded.
October 2018FloodMartintown$10,000The Pecatonica River at Martintown reached moderate flood stage, cresting at 18.78 ft. the morning of October 8th. Some homes in the Martintown area have floodwaters in their basements and first floors. Martintown Road and West River Road are flooded. Upstream in Browntown, Highway MM and West Indies Road are flooded. Agricultural and lowland flooding is prevalent. About 1 mile downstream in Winslow, Illinois, Highway 73 is flooded.
June 2015Flash FloodMartintown$10,000Four roads washed out south of Browntown, including portions of Fox Valley Road and Clark Road. Three of the roads were gravel and one was paved. Rainfall estimates of 4-5 inches.
June 2013FloodMartintown$8,000The river gauge on the Pecatonica River near Martintown remained above flood stage from the morning of June 25th into early July. The river experienced minor flooding, cresting at 15.56 feet at 10:15 AM CDT on June 28th, which is 2.06 feet above flood stage.
April 2013FloodMartintown$3,000The East Branch of the Pecatonica River near Martintown crested at 15.11 feet, or 1.61 feet above the flood stage of 13.5 feet at 1145 PM on April 21st.
April 2013FloodMartintown$3,000The Sugar River at Brodhead went back into minor flooding as it crested at 6.64 feet, or 1.64 feet above the flood stage of 5 feet at 145 AM on April 20th.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMartintown$2,000Some trees down near Martintown.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMartintown$2,000Several trees down on West River Road.
September 2019FloodMartintown$1,000The Pecatonica River at Martintown reached minor flood stage, cresting at 15.38 feet the morning of September 18th. Floodwaters affect Martintown Road and West River Road in the Martintown area. Upstream in Browntown, floodwaters affect highway MM and West Indies Road. The river continued to flood into October.
September 2018FloodMartintown$1,000The Pecatonica River at Martintown reached minor flood stage, cresting at 14.57 feet the afternoon of September 25th. Floodwaters affected Martintown Road and West River Road in the Martintown area. Upstream in Browntown, floodwaters affected highway MM and West Indies Road. Farm fields were also flooded.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMartintown$500A tree down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMartintown-General public reported a swath of downed trees from Martintown to northwest of Brodhead. Scattered pockets of felled trees were reported in a band about 3 miles wide.
August 2025HailMartintown-no account filed
June 1996Funnel CloudMartintown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Green 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
Browntown4.8 miles14
Clarno8.1 miles14
Schneyville8.6 miles14
Monroe Estates9.2 miles14
Monroe10.7 miles14
Twin Grove13.7 miles15
Stearns14.5 miles15
Willet (historical)14.8 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 MartintownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6777254The 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 1569098. 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.