Finleyson, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Finleyson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31071. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Finleyson West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Finleyson West quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
312 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Finleyson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 825 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 22 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 burning | 216 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020PULASKI007 |
| 23 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-PULASKI-008 |
| 23 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 9.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020PULASKI006 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Finleyson in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finleyson | 1 hurt, $1,000 | The Pulaski County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Highway 230 and Rocky Spring Road. A vehicle ran into the downed tree resulting in one injury. |
| December 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Finleyson | $100,000 | A damage survey conducted by the Pulaski County Emergency Manager confirmed that an F0 tornado had touched down in the extreme southern part of the county near the Wilcox county line near the town of Finleyson, just north of the town of Pineview. One house was blown off its foundation and moved some five to eight feet from its original location. A 20 by 30 foot metal shop was blown away with debris scattered up to 1/2 mile away. A peanut trailer was moved across a field and destroyed. A tractor was also blown away and destroyed. In addition, five homes had roof damage with shingles lifted off and several irrigation pivots were turned over. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finleyson | $20,000 | The Pulaski County 911 center reported multiple trees and power lines blown down around the intersection of Highway 257 with Folds/Noble Road. One home sustained damage from a falling tree, no injuries were reported. |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Finleyson | $20,000 | The Hawkinsville Dispatch and News reported that lightning set fire to a double wide trailer when it struck a nearby pine tree. The bolt of lightning was believed to have traveled from the pine tree to the trailer and then through the trailer to the ground, thus starting the fire. Considerable damage to the trailer, especially the attic, and the contents was reported. |
| January 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Finleyson | $15,000 | An NWS survey team found that a brief EF0 tornado, with maximum wind speeds of 85 MPH and a maximum path width of 50 yards, touched down in far southern Pulaski County in the 1600 block of Pineview Highway. The tornado travelled .16 miles before dissipating. Approximately 20 small to medium-sized pine trees were snapped along the path of this tornado. A very large oak limb fell onto a brick outbuilding, causing minor damage to the roof and the covering was also blown off of a well house. [01/04/15: Tornado #1, County #1-1, EF0, Pulaski, 2015:001]. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Finleyson | $5,000 | The Pulaski County 911 Center reported golf ball-sized hail. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finleyson | $2,000 | Trees down on hwy 257 near Friendship Church Road. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finleyson | $2,000 | The Pulaski County Emergency Manager reported a couple of trees blown down along Highway 230 near Midway Church Road. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finleyson | $1,500 | The Pulaski County 911 Center reported several trees down in the southern part of the county, including along Highway 129 South, Mock Springs Road, and Blue Springs Road. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finleyson | $1,500 | Pulaski county 911 reported numerous trees were blown down. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finleyson | $1,000 | The public reported that two to three trees were blown down and several tents at a local festival. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finleyson | $200 | Thunderstorm winds knocked severaL trees down across the town of Finleyson. One-quarter inch hail was also reported by the sheriff's office in Finleyson. |
| October 2008 | Hail | Finleyson | - | The Pulaski County Emergency Management Director reported quarter-sized hail north of Pineview and nickel-sized hail was reported in Finleyson. Golf ball-sized hail was also reported in Wilcox county near the Pulaski county line. Radar data supports hail of quarter or larger size from the Wilcox county line just south of Finleyson to just north of Wallace. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Goose Neck | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Tippetts | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hawkinsville | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hartford | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Browndale | 12.9 miles | 10 | |
| Mobley Crossing | 14.2 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594483 | 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 331709. 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.
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.






