Turner City, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the East Dougherty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31705. The Survey maps it on the Albany East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Albany East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
380 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 380 fires within 5 miles of Turner City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 945 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 80 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 | 186 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 80 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DOUGHERTY-001 |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Turner City: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oxford Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turner City in 15 storm reports between 2014 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner City | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew apart a portion of the brick facade on the north facing side of a church building in the 3500 block of Sylvester Highway. |
| June 2016 | Lightning | Turner City | $7,000 | Lightning damaged the roof of a home along the 900 block of River Pointe Drive. Damage was estimated. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner City | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down along Branch Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner City | $3,000 | Numerous trees were blown down on Philema Road with wires blown down near the 2300 block of Beachview Drive as reported by WFXL-TV. Damage was estimated. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner City | $3,000 | A tree was blown down on a trailer near Sylvandale Elementary School. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner City | $1,000 | Tree limbs were blown down onto power lines. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner City | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down in the area near Brierwood Road. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner City | $500 | A tree was blown down near 1520 Cordele Road. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner City | - | Trees were down on Force Dr. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Turner City | - | Flooding was reported at the 1500 block of Malone Drive. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Turner City | - | Nickel size hail covered the ground. |
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Turner City | - | An EF1 tornado touched down just inside the Dougherty County line along Cordele Road before moving east-northeast into Worth County. The tornado lifted just east of Highway 313. A strongly convergent signature was noted in the tree damage which supports the designation as a tornado. Max winds were estimated at 105 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner City | - | A tree was blown down on Johnson Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner City | - | A pole was blown down onto a residence on Cordele Road near Staton Drive. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner City | - | A tree was blown down near the 3300 block of Sylvester Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Groves | 0.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sylvandale | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Catalina Beach Estates | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Jackson Heights | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pineview | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Woodland Acres | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| East Albany | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Baker Heights | 1.6 miles | 12 |
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 Q122573258 | 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 333287. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





