BlockTurnbull, Alabama
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Beatrice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36425. It stands on Turnbull Branch. The Survey maps it on the Beatrice quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Beatrice quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Beatrice quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
84 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Turnbull between 1994 and 2020, burning about 558 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 47N & 83, AL |
| 28 August 2014 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140828-001 |
| 24 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20120824-001 |
| 15 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 247 4TH STREET, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Turnbull: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turnbull in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 4 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Turnbull | $400,000 | Tornado snapped or uprooted trees along a 400 yard wide path then produced significant damage to 3 homes and 1 church in the Riley's Crossroads area. One home had 2 exterior walls collapsed, another had a large section of the roof removed. The tornado significantly damaged the roof of the Savannah Missionary Baptist Church removing large sections of the sheathing and removing the steeple. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Turnbull | $300,000 | The tornado touched down near Riley's Crossroads and continued northeast crossing Owens Road just east of Old Texas. On Owens Road the tornado destroyed the Bethlehem Methodist Church. The tornado continued east across Emanual Church road snapping trees in a 300 yard wide path and doing significant roof damage to at least 1 home. The tornado continued northeast into Butler County Alabama. |
| January 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Turnbull | $10,000 | During the late afternoon hours, a strong mesocyclone moved from southwest to northeast across Monroe County. The thunderstorm produced a brief EF-1 tornado about 4 miles east of Tunnel Springs located in northeastern Monroe County. The tornado lasted no longer than one minute as the path length was just shy of 200 yards. The tornado produced roof damage, uprooted hardwood trees and snapped pine trees at the trunk. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turnbull | - | High winds downed trees on Highway 21. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Turnbull | - | A brief EF1 tornado occurred on 4/5/22 at 10:10 AM CDT in northeast|Monroe County just west northwest of Riley, AL. The tornado began along|Highway 21 North where many hardwood trees were uprooted. The next|observable damage point was north northeast of Riley once again|on Highway 21 North at Flat Creek where there were multiple|snapped softwood trees supporting a peak intensity of EF1 at|100 mph. The tornado may have continued northeast from here,|however due to limited road access the end point is estimated just|northeast of the prior observable damage point. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turnbull | - | High winds downed trees on Highway 5 near Pine Orchard. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Pineville | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Beatrice | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Midway | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Turkestan (historical) | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Kalem | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Orchard | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Natchez | 6.9 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 157177. 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.