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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.

Turners Corner within Lumpkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

189 since 1992

Regional 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 burning103
Arson/incendiarism36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-LUMPKIN-009
2 August 1993Natural2.5 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named
10 August 1999Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lumpkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chestatee Pyrite MineSulfur, IronProspect

Every working recorded in Lumpkin County

Storms near this place

7 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindTurners Corner$10,000Multiple trees that fell on the residence off Triple R Trail, damaging the roof, skylights, Trusses and interior.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindTurners Corner$10,000The 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 2020Thunderstorm WindTurners Corner$1,000The Lumpkin County 911 center reported a tree blown down on Edwards Parkway near Highway 129.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTurners Corner$1,000The Lumpkin County Emergency Management Director reported that three trees were down in the Turners Corner area.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindTurners Corner$1,000The 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 2006Thunderstorm WindTurners Corner$1,000The Lumpkin County 911 Center reported that four to five trees had been blown down across the north part of the county.
August 2010HailTurners Corner-The public observed quarter-sized hail near Turners Corner.

Every storm recorded in Lumpkin 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
Gates (historical)1.3 miles24
Walnut (historical)1.3 miles24
Willow (historical)2.3 miles24
Porter Springs3.5 miles24
Fort Smith4.5 miles24
Stay (historical)7.0 miles18
Tube (historical)7.3 miles18
Wild (historical)7.6 miles18

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.