Turner Crossroads, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 36351. It stands on Roberts Branch. The Survey maps it on the Goodman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1942 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Goodman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Turner Crossroads between 1996 and 2019, burning about 317 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190919-25 |
| 19 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190919-28 |
| 13 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO RD 43, AL |
| 21 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140703-001 |
| 15 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Turner Crossroads: 14 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turner Crossroads in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2013 | Flood | Turner Crossroads | $60,000 | Coffee county sustained around $50K of damage due to flooding of some county roads and an additional $10K of damage due to flooding of some roads in New Brockton. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner Crossroads | $5,000 | At the 3500 block of County Road 617, a large outbuilding had its garage door blown in and damaged. A landscape tree was blown over. A vinyl white picket fence had two sections blown out, and a trampoline was damaged. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner Crossroads | $3,000 | Trees were blown down along Highway 134. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner Crossroads | $1,000 | A line was blown down onto County Road 606. |
| November 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner Crossroads | $1,000 | Trees and limbs were blown down onto a power line, resulting in a power outage along County Road 603. |
| January 2024 | Flash Flood | Turner Crossroads | - | A couple of roads around New Brockton had flooding. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner Crossroads | - | A tree was blown down near New Home Church. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner Crossroads | - | A power line was blown down at 2087 County Road 617. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner Crossroads | - | A tree was blown down on County Road 606. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damascus | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Goodman | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Fairfield Estates | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Forest | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Griffin Heights | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| New Brockton | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Battens Crossroads | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Willow Bend | 5.8 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122589712 | The 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 157179. 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.






