Turleys, Indiana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Paoli Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47454. It stands on Log Creek. The Survey maps it on the French Lick quadrangle.

Turleys within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1951 USGS French Lick quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS French Lick quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS French Lick quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

17 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Turleys between 2001 and 2016, burning about 42 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning	12
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
16 September 2007	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	SPRINGS FIRE
6 July 2012	Smoking	1.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	270 WEST
9 April 2001	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	MULZER
2 April 2002	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	AIRPORT
11 March 2001	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	WEST BADEN BARREL
11 March 2001	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	YOUNG'S CREEK
28 February 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Hoosier National Forest	ORANGE FIRE
19 February 2011	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Hoosier National Forest	TAN DOG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Turleys: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Calcar Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Cave Quarries, Inc.	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Orange 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Braxtons Siding	1.9 miles	14
Abydel	2.1 miles	15
Paoli	2.9 miles	14
Woodlawn Grove	3.3 miles	14
Lost River	4.4 miles	14
Orangeville	4.6 miles	14
West Baden Springs	4.8 miles	15
Prospect	5.0 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451659. 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.