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Turner, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Alvin-Pearland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77581. The Survey maps it on the Pearland quadrangle.

Turner within Brazoria County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

45 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Turner between 2007 and 2020, burning about 272 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/undetermined29
Debris and open burning12
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceA036, E061
14 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE
12 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE061
8 July 2008Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceB093 D070 E070 E093
30 July 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
29 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE070
23 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE029 E052

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brazoria County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Turner: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Fellow Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shelton Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Brazoria 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
Linwood0.4 miles13
Pearland0.5 miles13
Regency Park0.7 miles13
Heritage Green0.7 miles13
Westminster0.8 miles13
Alexander Landing0.9 miles13
Sherwood1.0 miles13
Banbury Cross1.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472706. 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.