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Turkey Flat, Arizona

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Safford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85546. It lies near Ladybug Peak. The Survey maps it on the Mount Graham quadrangle. It stands 7,530 feet above sea level.

Turkey Flat within Graham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Turkey Flat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,281 acres in total. 92 started naturally. 18 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
Natural92
Recreation and ceremony22
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
4 September 2009Natural2.0 acresCoronado National ForestHELLDIVE
26 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestHELIOGRAPH
22 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestMEADOW
20 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestWET
17 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestHEY JOE
15 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestBEAR CANYON
13 September 1995Natural1.0 acresCoronado National ForestJILDA
8 August 1992Naturalunder an acreCoronado National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Graham County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Turkey Flat: 4 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Uranium, 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
King TutUranium, REE, ThoriumProspect
Stony Peak GroupUraniumPast Producer
Unnamed Adit/TrenchGold, LeadProspect
Name UnknownGoldOccurrenceVein
High Noon GroupCopperProspect
Iron Hill Lode #1CopperProspect
ShaftCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Graham 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
Old Columbine7.0 miles17
Artesia7.6 miles11
Bonita8.3 miles14
Swift Trail Junction8.9 miles11
Lebanon9.7 miles11
Cactus Flat10.4 miles14
Lone Star14.8 miles14
Tanque15.1 miles10

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 Q30626427The 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 12871. 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.