Turners Corner, Georgia
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Three Sisters Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30528. It stands on Boggs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Neel Gap quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1886 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Neels Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Neels Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Neels Gap quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Neels Gap quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
189 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Turners Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 7,250 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 36 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 | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-LUMPKIN-009 |
| 2 August 1993 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
| 10 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Turners Corner: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestatee Pyrite Mine | Sulfur, Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turners Corner in 7 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turners Corner | $10,000 | Multiple trees that fell on the residence off Triple R Trail, damaging the roof, skylights, Trusses and interior. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turners Corner | $10,000 | The Lumpkin County 911 Center reported that dozens of trees were blown down in the far northern part of the county from the Union county line east of Suches to the far northeast corner of the county along White county line. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turners Corner | $1,000 | The Lumpkin County 911 center reported a tree blown down on Edwards Parkway near Highway 129. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turners Corner | $1,000 | The Lumpkin County Emergency Management Director reported that three trees were down in the Turners Corner area. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turners Corner | $1,000 | The Lumpkin County Emergency Management Director reported that four to five trees, mostly pine, were blown down. At least one of these trees was dead and was partially blocking a road. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turners Corner | $1,000 | The Lumpkin County 911 Center reported that four to five trees had been blown down across the north part of the county. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Turners Corner | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail near Turners Corner. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gates (historical) | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Walnut (historical) | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Willow (historical) | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Porter Springs | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Fort Smith | 4.5 miles | 24 | |
| Stay (historical) | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Tube (historical) | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Wild (historical) | 7.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333290. 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.










