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Turkey Town, Alabama

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Leesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35983. It stands on Terrapin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Centre quadrangle. It stands 545 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Turkey Town within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

141 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Turkey Town (historical) between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,932 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 79 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
Arson/incendiarism79
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160903-2
29 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20120929-001
28 September 2008Arson/incendiarism16 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 59 CENTRE,ALABAMA, AL
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20140925-001
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee 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 Town (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Cherokee County Hwy. Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Chulafinnee Mine-Lot 1050IronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Brooks Estates1.0 miles19
Centre1.3 miles19
Plano2.4 miles18
Elrath2.7 miles19
Tennala2.8 miles18
Bay Springs3.0 miles19
McGhee3.1 miles19
Dixon Shop3.6 miles19

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 Turkey Town (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q21188014The 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 136995. 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.