Turk, Washington

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hunters-Gifford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99129. It lies near Cedar Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Adams Mountain quadrangle.

Turk within Stevens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1948 USGS Hunters quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1950 USGS Hunters quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Nespelem quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS Adams Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Turk between 1992 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 24 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
Natural	24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Debris and open burning	12
Recreation and ceremony	7
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Other causes	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Arson/incendiarism	3
Fireworks	2
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
8 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Spokane District	FRUITSTAND
8 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SOUTH FORK HUNTER CREEK
6 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	LIGHTNING HUNTERS
23 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Spokane Agency	LOG A
14 September 2003	Other causes	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
5 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	FRUITLAND
5 August 2004	Natural	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	DEAD SPOT
4 August 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	FRUITLAND PILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stevens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 101 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 101 workings within 5 miles of Turk: 44 occurrences, 29 prospects, 19 past producers, 5 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Silver, Copper, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Aichen Bee Mine	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold	Prospect
Brooks	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold	Prospect
Cf Allen	Talc-Soapstone	Occurrence	Talc
Co Ni Prospect	Cobalt, Nickel, Silver	Unknown
Deer Trail	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Deer Trail	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Plant	1894
Deer Trail Monitor	Molybdenum, Copper, Garnet	Past Producer	Contact Metamorphic
Deer Trail Monitor	Copper, Molybdenum	Occurrence
Department of Highways	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Germania	Tungsten, Lead, Bismuth, Molybdenum, Arsenic	Past Producer	Vein

Every working recorded in Stevens 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Deer Trail	1.6 miles	10
Fruitland	4.7 miles	10
Enterprise	6.2 miles	10
Hunters	6.4 miles	10
Cedonia	7.5 miles	10
Bissel	11.8 miles	10
Wellpinit	13.2 miles	10
Camas	13.5 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1511381. 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.