Turner, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Turner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48765. The Survey maps it on the Whittemore quadrangle. 121 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 636 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTurner grew from 114 to 121 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 114 | |
| 2020 | 121 | +7 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Whittemore quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tawas City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Turner between 1994 and 2020, burning about 383 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 05 |
| 10 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.8 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 May 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 02 |
| 4 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 02 |
| 31 May 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | RAIL POWER |
| 15 May 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARENAC 03 |
| 12 May 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Turner: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Brick Co Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| M.J.Griffin Limestone Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Mc Donnell Limestone Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Michigan Gypsum Pit & Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1960 | |
| Michigan Gypsum Pit and Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turner in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2006: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner | $4,000 | Trees downed along Turner Road. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner | - | Trees were downed. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twining | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Santiago | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Maple Ridge | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Omer | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Au Gres | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Knights Mill | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Delano | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Arenac | 10.2 miles | 10 |
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 Turner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3319698 | 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 1615180. 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.



