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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.

Turkey Creek within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

163 since 1992

Regional 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 burning69
Arson/incendiarism40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Fireworks16
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestrynot named
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGOODY
19 September 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
16 September 2001Natural22 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryCOLEMAN BR.
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryLOFTIS MANSION
13 August 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWest Virginia Division of Forestrynot named
17 June 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 May 2008Debris and open burning140 acresKentucky Division of ForestryFROG POND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

20 since 2000

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Thunderstorm WindTurkey Creek$6,000A 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 2009Flash FloodTurkey Creek$3,000A creek flooded the back yard of a house with water entering the house.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindTurkey Creek$2,000A 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 2006Thunderstorm WindTurkey Creek$2,000Roof damage due to severe wind gust.
March 2015FloodTurkey Creek$1,000Kentucky and 292 at KY 612 was impassable due to flooding.
August 2012Flash FloodTurkey Creek$1,000Rising water shifted an occupied trailer on Rt 612 near Williamson.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindTurkey Creek$1,000An 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 2011Thunderstorm WindTurkey Creek$1,000A tree was blown down and onto the road on KY Hwy 292.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindTurkey Creek$1,000One tree blown down on a fence.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindTurkey Creek-Law enforcement reported multiple trees blown down along Kentucky Highway 292 near Turkey Creek.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindTurkey Creek-Dispatch reported a tree blown down on Turkey Creek Road near Turkey Creek.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindTurkey Creek-A tree was blown down and into the roadway along Taylor Fork.
May 2011Heavy RainTurkey 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 2009Flash FloodTurkey Creek-Streams were entering buildings in Belfry. The event occurred between 434 am and 449 am.
May 2009FloodTurkey Creek-Streams were flowing into buildings in Belfry.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindTurkey Creek-Few large tree limbs down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindTurkey Creek-Several trees down. Twelve inch diameter tree blown down across Haney Fork.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindTurkey Creek-Trees were downed by strong winds and were blocking the roadway.
April 2015HailTurkey Creek-no account filed
April 2015HailTurkey Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
South Williamson1.2 miles23
New Camp1.3 miles23
Slatter Branch (historical)1.4 miles23
Leckieville2.0 miles23
Goody2.1 miles23
Forest Hills2.4 miles23
Road Fork (historical)2.6 miles23
Mouth of Long Fork (historical)3.1 miles23

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 CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7855050The 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.