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Turkey River, Iowa

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Millville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52052. It lies near Adams Mill Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Turkey River quadrangle.

Turkey River within Clayton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Turkey River between 2006 and 2018, burning about 208 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
1 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresMcGregor District, Upper Mississippi River ComplexTURKEY BOTTOMS
28 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined165 acresPort Louisa National Wildlife RefugeTURKEY RIVER
23 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2008Arson/incendiarism8.5 acresMcGregor District, Upper Mississippi River ComplexTURKEY RIVER ARSON
14 April 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMcGregor District, Upper Mississippi River ComplexTURKEY RIVER BOTTOMS WF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clayton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Turkey River: 12 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Zinc. 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
Buena Vista MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
Cassville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
North Buena Vista SubdistrictLead, ZincPast ProducerMISSISSIPPI VALLEY-TYPE LEAD-ZINC
OutcropPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
QuarryPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Anderegg QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Burtletts DiggingsLeadPast Producer
Julius Wiest QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kickbush QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lunders DiggingsLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clayton County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turkey River in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2011: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2011Thunderstorm WindTurkey River$2,000Trees were blown down near the Mississippi River.
May 2008HailTurkey River-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clayton 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
Millville2.6 miles14
North Buena Vista4.1 miles16
Snefs6.5 miles13
Guttenberg6.7 miles13
Osterdock7.2 miles13
Fairview10.2 miles13
Eckards11.2 miles13
Updegraff11.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 462375. 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.