Turnertown, Kentucky
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sugar Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42256. It stands on Brushy Fork. The Survey maps it on the Quality quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1911 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:48000
- 1914 USGS Dunmor quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Quality quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Turnertown between 1997 and 2014, burning about 79 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ANDERSON STORE |
| 24 March 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | DIMPLE RD. |
| 24 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 March 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 November 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 October 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Turnertown: 1 plant. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park City Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turnertown in 1 storm report in 2016: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turnertown | - | Local law enforcement reported trees and power lines down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Crossroads | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Flat Rock (historical) | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Boston | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Toy Spring (historical) | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Dimple | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Townsville (historical) | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Quality | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sharer | 5.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509250. 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.
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.






