BlockTurners Rock, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tybee Island-Wilmington Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31410. It stands on Bradley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Savannah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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 Savannah quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Turners Rock between 1992 and 2012, burning about 116 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 July 1994 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge | TRUST |
| 26 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | 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 Rock: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1966 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitemarsh Island | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Wilmington Park | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Wilmington Island | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Harbor Creek | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Golden Isles | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Wilmington | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Riverside | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Woodridge Estates | 2.4 miles | 17 |
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 Q122546063 | 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 333291. 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.