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Turner, Alabama

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gilbertown-Toxey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36915. The Survey maps it on the Melvin quadrangle.

Turner within Choctaw County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

78 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Turner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,009 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200909-1
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190925-9
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190921-27
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined95 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNEEDHAM RD, AL
7 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Choctaw 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
Brightwater1.8 miles12
Needham2.4 miles12
Bogueloosa2.6 miles12
Eiler3.2 miles12
Okatuppa3.6 miles12
Land3.6 miles8
Jackson Spur4.4 miles12
Lusk5.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 140147. 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.