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Turner, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Alabaster-Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35080. It stands on Shaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pea Ridge quadrangle.

Turner within Shelby 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

195 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Turner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,195 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 88 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/incendiarism88
Debris and open burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony13
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-3
9 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning60 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined33 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-10

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shelby County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Turner: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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
Alamag Copper Prospects No 2CopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shelby County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turner in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2010Tornado (EF1)Turner$170,000The tornado first touched down on Fox Valley Road in the Maylene community, where it tossed trampolines and snapped at few small trees. It then traveled northeast, crossing CR-17 just south of the intersection of 1st Ave W. It then struck Fox Valley Apartments and moved into the Stoney Meadow Subdivision, where several homes received minor to substantial roof damage. The most significant damage occurred on Rock View Trail, where siding was stripped off of one home and another home received significant roof damage and had the garage door blown out. Two mature cedar trees were also snapped at this location. The tornado weakened rapidly and continued to produce minor damage as it crossed through the Navajo Trail Subdivision. The last bits of minor roof and fence damage were in the Greenfield Subdivision off of Industrial Park Drive in Alabaster. In total, at least 20 structures were damaged, and dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted.
December 2014Flash FloodTurner-County Road 17 has flooded near the intersections of County Roads 266 and 270.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindTurner-A 61 mph wind gust was reported at Fox Valley, at the intersection of CR-17 and 1st Avenue in Alabaster.
January 2008Heavy RainTurner-Minor street flooding was reported at the intersection of CR-17 and CR-44, near Fox Valley Farms.
January 2023HailTurner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shelby 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
Lindseys Crossing1.8 miles18
Bamford2.5 miles24
Superior2.7 miles18
Tulse2.8 miles18
Glen Carbon2.8 miles18
Mossboro3.1 miles24
Gurnee Junction3.3 miles18
Chestnut Glen3.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 128185. 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.