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Turkey Ridge, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 2004. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65583. The Survey maps it on the Ozark Springs quadrangle.

Turkey Ridge within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Turkey Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 727 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3

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
2 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 June 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177292-02059-06152018-1214
11 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation128310-02059-06112015-1338
10 May 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1995Debris and open burning50 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 1992Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Turkey Ridge: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Quarry # 25Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1929
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turkey Ridge in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024Thunderstorm WindTurkey Ridge$5,000Report of multiple trees down.
January 2018Thunderstorm WindTurkey Ridge$5,000A carport was destroyed.
March 2007Flash FloodTurkey Ridge$2,000Heavy thunderstorms produce flooding rains in the Laquey area. A low water corssing on Red Oak Road was flooded and impassable. County road crews were called out to repair several roads that were wahed out as a result of the heavy rainfall and flooding across the county.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindTurkey Ridge-A large tree was blown down across Highway 7 between Richland and Buckhorn.
August 2013Flash FloodTurkey Ridge-Two sheriff deputies were stranded near Highway 7 and the Gasconade River by high water.
August 2013Flash FloodTurkey Ridge-Highway 7 just north of Interstate 44 was closed due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Kieseweltter Resort1.0 miles16
Ozark Springs1.4 miles16
Stillhouse Springs1.5 miles16
Shady Grove3.6 miles16
Laquey3.8 miles16
Buckhorn4.0 miles16
Pippin Place4.4 miles16
Richland4.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 752609. 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.