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Turkey, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72687. It stands on Greasy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bruno quadrangle.

Turkey within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

73 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Turkey between 1997 and 2020, burning about 740 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism25
Debris and open burning13
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
20 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2007Debris and open burning18 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2012Natural27 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionMAR27491173
19 July 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Turkey: 16 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Lead. 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
UnknownZinc, LeadUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Blankenship ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Getzendener ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Old Lead MineLead, ZincUnknown
Bear Hill MineZincPast ProducerSphalerite
Clear JackmineZincOccurrenceSmithsonite, Sphalerite
Lenon & Layton ProspectZincOccurrenceSphalerite
Old Wood MineZincOccurrenceSmithsonite, Sphalerite
Susquehanna MineZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Georges Creek0.5 miles15
Comal0.7 miles16
Snow2.1 miles15
Powell2.9 miles16
Summit3.9 miles17
Pyatt4.3 miles16
Yellville4.4 miles16
Big Springs (historical)4.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57215. 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.