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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Mt. Graham quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Mt. Graham quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Mt. Graham quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Safford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Mount Graham quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
150 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 92 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Coronado National Forest | HELLDIVE |
| 26 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | HELIOGRAPH |
| 22 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | MEADOW |
| 20 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | WET |
| 17 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | HEY JOE |
| 15 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | BEAR CANYON |
| 13 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Coronado National Forest | JILDA |
| 8 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Coronado National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Tut | Uranium, REE, Thorium | Prospect | ||
| Stony Peak Group | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Adit/Trench | Gold, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Name Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| High Noon Group | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Iron Hill Lode #1 | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Shaft | Copper | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Columbine | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Artesia | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bonita | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Swift Trail Junction | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lebanon | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Cactus Flat | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lone Star | 14.8 miles | 14 | |
| Tanque | 15.1 miles | 10 |
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 Q30626427 | 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 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.







