Turkey Creek, Kentucky
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South Williamson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41514. It stands on Nosben Fork. The Survey maps it on the Williamson quadrangle. It stands 656 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1887 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Warfield quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1915 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Williamson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
163 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Turkey Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,432 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Fireworks | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GOODY |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | 22 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | COLEMAN BR. |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LOFTIS MANSION |
| 13 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | not named |
| 17 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 140 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | FROG POND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turkey Creek in 20 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turkey Creek | $6,000 | A wind gust measured by a home weather station with an anemometer 18 feet above the ground registered as 93 mph. Several large trees up to 36 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Turkey Creek | $3,000 | A creek flooded the back yard of a house with water entering the house. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turkey Creek | $2,000 | A tree was blown down on Highway 292 near the South Williamson flood wall. Another tree was blown down on Highway 612 just south of Highway 292. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turkey Creek | $2,000 | Roof damage due to severe wind gust. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Turkey Creek | $1,000 | Kentucky and 292 at KY 612 was impassable due to flooding. |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Turkey Creek | $1,000 | Rising water shifted an occupied trailer on Rt 612 near Williamson. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turkey Creek | $1,000 | An oak tree about 32 inches in diameter was blown down and across a road in Turkey Creek. Nickel size hail also fell during the storm. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turkey Creek | $1,000 | A tree was blown down and onto the road on KY Hwy 292. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turkey Creek | $1,000 | One tree blown down on a fence. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turkey Creek | - | Law enforcement reported multiple trees blown down along Kentucky Highway 292 near Turkey Creek. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turkey Creek | - | Dispatch reported a tree blown down on Turkey Creek Road near Turkey Creek. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turkey Creek | - | A tree was blown down and into the roadway along Taylor Fork. |
| May 2011 | Heavy Rain | Turkey Creek | - | Heavy rainfall of 1.51 inches was measured at Turkey Creek. Six inches of mud and debris covering the road at 225 Caney Fork. Lightning knocked out power at 389 Caney Fork. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Turkey Creek | - | Streams were entering buildings in Belfry. The event occurred between 434 am and 449 am. |
| May 2009 | Flood | Turkey Creek | - | Streams were flowing into buildings in Belfry. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turkey Creek | - | Few large tree limbs down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turkey Creek | - | Several trees down. Twelve inch diameter tree blown down across Haney Fork. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turkey Creek | - | Trees were downed by strong winds and were blocking the roadway. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Turkey Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Turkey Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Williamson | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| New Camp | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Slatter Branch (historical) | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Leckieville | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Goody | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Forest Hills | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Road Fork (historical) | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Mouth of Long Fork (historical) | 3.1 miles | 23 |
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 Turkey Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7855050 | 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 505585. 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.










