BlockComical Turn, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Grand View census division. It stands on Willies Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sugarloaf quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Sugarloaf quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Triangle quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Comical Turn in 2012, burning about 48,894 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | 48,894 acres | Boise District | JACKS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Comical Turn: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Us Titanium Corp | Titanium | Past Producer | ||
| Lucky Boy Group | Mercury | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Owyhee River | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Trade Dollar | Mercury | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Place | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Collier Place | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Buncel Place | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cottonwood (historical) | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Wickahoney | 11.0 miles | 7 | |
| Grasmere | 18.8 miles | 7 | |
| Doyle Place | 22.0 miles | 9 | |
| Dickshooter | 22.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397566. 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.