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Turkeytown, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Turkeytown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35901. The Survey maps it on the Gadsden East quadrangle.

Turkeytown within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

87 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Turkeytown between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,365 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 44 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/incendiarism44
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2

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
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Debris and open burning4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200915-1
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Turkeytown: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Black Bros. S&G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Citico MineIronPast ProducerHematite
Leeth Mt. AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
Open PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerChert

Every working recorded in Etowah County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turkeytown in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2017: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindTurkeytown$2,000Several trees were blown down in the Coats Bend community.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindTurkeytown-A large tree uprooted and power lines downed near the intersection of Ross Drive and Coates Bend Road.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindTurkeytown-Several dozen trees were uprooted along Big Mountain Ridge.

Every storm recorded in Etowah 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
Wilsonia0.6 miles18
Sonoma1.3 miles18
Bath Springs1.4 miles18
Citico1.9 miles18
Anderson1.9 miles18
Oak Hill (historical)2.4 miles19
Whites Chapel2.6 miles18
Murrycross2.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153739. 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.