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Fincastle, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the LaRue-Poynor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75763. The Survey maps it on the Moore Station quadrangle. It stands 502 feet above sea level.

Fincastle within Henderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Fincastle between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,706 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 burning80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking7
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 099
30 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 578
3 September 2006Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 521
3 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 550
2 September 2000Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 447

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fincastle: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Poynor DepositsIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite
Texas Iron PitIronProducer
Unnamed MineIronProducerGoethite, Hematite

Every working recorded in Henderson County

Storms near this place

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fincastle in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 6 injuries. 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
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Fincastle6 hurt, $300,000An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 105 mph touched down near an inlet area of Lake Palestine west of Boles Road just southwest of Coffee City. This tornado largely stayed over the water as a waterspout, and it briefly came ashore across the Lake Palestine Resort just west of Highway 155. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted at the resort, with several RV's flipped over, and multiple metal canopies at the marina completely collapsed. This tornado then moved back over water as a waterspout again as it shifted north-northeast, before moving ashore again across a small neighborhood behind the Lake Palestine Motor Inn. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, with at least one large hardwood tree having fallen onto a two story home. The tornado then crossed FM 3506 and into the Briarwood Bay subdivision, where numerous trees were snapped and uprooted (DI 27, DOD 4). It was here where the tornado was strongest and widest (480 yards), before weakening and narrowing as it moved across the northern end of the subdivision along the lake. The tornado then moved back over water again as a waterspout, crossing into Smith County at 709 pm CDT. A total of 6 injuries occurred with this tornado, but only 2 people needed transport to the local hospital. Information on the damage in Smith County can be found in a Storm Data separate entry. In Henderson County, this tornado was rated an EF-1 with maximum winds of 105 mph, and tracked for 2.69 miles before crossing into Smith County.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindFincastle$10,000Broadcast media reported an oak tree blown onto a home and a porch roof blown onto a neighbor's lawn.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindFincastle$5,000Numerous reports of trees and power lines across roads in Coffee City and Berryville.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindFincastle$3,000Trees were blown down in Berryville.
January 2011HailFincastle$2,000Golfball size hail was reported near Coffee City.
February 2024HailFincastle-Public reported quarter sized hail via mPing 1 mile southwest of Coffee City.
October 2010HailFincastle-Nickel size hail was reported in Berryville.
July 2009HailFincastle-Penny to Quarter size hail fell in the town of Berryville.
May 2024HailFincastle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Henderson 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
Moore Station3.6 miles15
Coffee City3.7 miles15
Poynor4.1 miles15
Sunrise Shores4.9 miles15
LaRue5.7 miles15
Berryville5.8 miles15
New York6.0 miles15
Antioch7.1 miles15

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 FincastleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076478The 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 1378292. 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.

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.