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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.

Finleyson within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 8 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

312 since 1992

Regional 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 burning216
Equipment and vehicle use35
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural15
Smoking13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Arson/incendiarism11 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020PULASKI007
23 September 2012Debris and open burning2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-PULASKI-008
23 September 2008Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burning9.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020PULASKI006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

13 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2021Thunderstorm WindFinleyson1 hurt, $1,000The 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 2005Tornado (F0)Finleyson$100,000A 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 2017Thunderstorm WindFinleyson$20,000The 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 2000LightningFinleyson$20,000The 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 2015Tornado (EF0)Finleyson$15,000An 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 2005HailFinleyson$5,000The Pulaski County 911 Center reported golf ball-sized hail.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindFinleyson$2,000Trees down on hwy 257 near Friendship Church Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindFinleyson$2,000The Pulaski County Emergency Manager reported a couple of trees blown down along Highway 230 near Midway Church Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFinleyson$1,500The 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 1999Thunderstorm WindFinleyson$1,500Pulaski county 911 reported numerous trees were blown down.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindFinleyson$1,000The public reported that two to three trees were blown down and several tents at a local festival.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindFinleyson$200Thunderstorm 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 2008HailFinleyson-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.

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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
Wallace4.6 miles8
Goose Neck8.6 miles8
Tippetts9.3 miles11
Hawkinsville10.7 miles11
Hartford11.1 miles11
Browndale12.9 miles10
Mobley Crossing14.2 miles11

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 Q122594483The 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.