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Turkey Branch, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Fairhope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36532. It stands on Turkey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Magnolia Springs quadrangle.

Turkey Branch within Baldwin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

92 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Turkey Branch between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,226 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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 burning52
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Natural1

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
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180920-1
7 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20180807-3
4 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commission20160804-2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Turkey Branch: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Brick Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Clay City Clay PitsBrick Clay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerKaolinite, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Fairhope MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turkey Branch in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2023Heavy RainTurkey Branch-A total of 6.99 inches of rain was recorded over a 6 hour period at Mesonet Station WKXA1 0.7 SE Turkey Branch.
September 2018Flash FloodTurkey Branch-Heavy rain caused water to cover the road near Highway 98 and State highway 181.

Every storm recorded in Baldwin 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
Bayside1.1 miles18
Yupon1.4 miles18
Barnwell2.3 miles18
River Park2.4 miles18
Marlow3.3 miles18
Magnolia Springs3.5 miles18
Clay City4.7 miles18
Point Clear5.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 128131. 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.