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Turner, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sebastopol census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95472. The Survey maps it on the Two Rock quadrangle.

Turner within Sonoma County

Then and now

1935 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Turner, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Turner, surveyed 1935

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

272 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of Turner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 397 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined131
Equipment and vehicle use104
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural1

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
8 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitVALLEY 2
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unit101
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGREEN MILL
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPETALUMA
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 101 /W RAILROAD A 11
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRYSKA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Turner: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, Stone. 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
Stony Point Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Unnamed LocationQuartzProspect
Unnamed ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Bloomfield Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stony Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationGoldProducer
Unnamed LocationGoldPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Sonoma 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
Orchard0.4 miles17
Hessel0.5 miles17
Woodworth1.1 miles17
Cadwell1.2 miles17
Cunningham1.5 miles17
Roblar1.7 miles17
Knowles Corner2.2 miles17
Fredericks2.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660043. 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.