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Finey, Missouri

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64740. The Survey maps it on the Ninnescah Park quadrangle.

Finey within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Finey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,484 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined133 acresMissouri Department of ConservationKNISLEY SOUTH
15 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
12 August 1994Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 July 2015Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation126550-00810-07062015-1705
5 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use18 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177368-04209-07052018-1336
18 July 2013Arson/incendiarism14 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 April 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Finey: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unknown - ClayClayPast Producer
Unknown - Ls. PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Charles Millers LandIronPast Producer
Smith MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Henry 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
Mount Zion5.0 miles20
Tightwad5.2 miles18
Gaines7.2 miles18
Coal7.3 miles18
Leesville7.9 miles18
Hortense9.2 miles18
Brownington9.4 miles20
Consville (historical)9.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 748499. 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.