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Turley, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bloomfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87412. It lies near Caballo Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Turley quadrangle.

Turley within San Juan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

96 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Turley between 1994 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. 67 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
Natural67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
22 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeHORSESHOE
21 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeCORNDOG
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeLARGO CAN
8 August 1995Natural10 acresFarmington Field OfficeWILDHORSE
6 August 2002Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeMEDINA
5 August 2001Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficePEMADA
4 August 2013Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeCOVE
4 August 2013Naturalunder an acreFarmington Field OfficeFLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Turley: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in San Juan County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turley in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2017: 2 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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
August 2016Flash FloodTurley1 killed, $50,000Oil truck washed into Large Canyon at 5 mile bridge near CR7007. Body found outside of vehicle downstream.
July 2008Flash FloodTurley$10,000Two feet of water was observed over state road 173. The road was partially washed out.
May 2017HailTurley-Nickel to quarter size hail accumulated three inches deep near Turley.

Every storm recorded in San Juan 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
Alcatraz0.5 miles16
Blanco3.7 miles16
Archuleta4.1 miles15
Fivemile Crossing4.2 miles16
Angustura8.0 miles16
Sullivan8.4 miles16
Navajo Dam8.7 miles18
Bloomfield12.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902373. 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.