Turck, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Ross Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66725. The Survey maps it on the Columbus quadrangle. It stands 932 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1918 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
69 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Turck between 2015 and 2020, burning about 351 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Cherokee County | 221 |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cherokee County | 234 |
| 27 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 15-0041 |
| 24 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cherokee County | 168 |
| 24 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cherokee County | 166 |
| 15 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 168 |
| 14 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cherokee County | 160 |
| 11 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 162 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turck in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turck | - | Several trees were reported down by winds estimated at 70 mph. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Turck | - | Quarter size hail was reported just north of Columbus. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Turck | - | All small streams, creeks, and the Neosho River were flooding much of the county. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Turck | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stippville | 0.7 miles | 20 | |
| Skidmore | 0.7 miles | 20 | |
| Mackie | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Scammon | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Cokedale | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Roseland | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Carona | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Monte Carlo (historical) | 4.3 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Turck | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7854801 | 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 484451. 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.
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.










