Turnersville, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78610. It lies near Woods Hill. The Survey maps it on the Buda quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1896 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Buda quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Buda quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Turnersville between 2005 and 2020, burning about 268 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 52 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ESTANCIA |
| 5 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16062234 |
| 3 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THREE G RANCH |
| 13 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000897 |
| 22 June 2008 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000786 |
| 5 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-000598 |
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 Turnersville: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Austin Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carl | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Creedmoor | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Onion Creek | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| San Leanna | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Manchaca | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bluff Springs | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Mustang Ridge | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Maha | 5.6 miles | 18 |
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 Turnersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q121989007 | 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 1379183. 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.






