BlockTurkey Creek, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 4. It lies in ZIP code area 72560. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mountain View SW quadrangle. It stands 935 feet above sea level.
On record in Turkey Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Turkey Creek Schoollisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1892 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Mountain View SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
41 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Turkey Creek between 1998 and 2019, burning about 645 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Turkey Creek: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Parma | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| West Richwoods | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Fox | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hanover | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Luber | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lydalisk | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| East Richwoods | 6.8 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Turkey Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7855047 | 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 55710. 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.