BlockFinney, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Plainview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79072. The Survey maps it on the Kress East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Kress East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Finney between 2006 and 2020, burning about 866 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 68 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015-47 |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201896MA |
| 14 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1500037 |
| 3 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 188 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2020021 |
| 18 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2017-39 |
| 7 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 397 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015-27 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Finney in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finney | $3,000 | A storm chaser reported a snapped power pole at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 400 and 788 northeast of Plainview. The snapped power pole was likely due to rear flank downdraft winds within the supercell. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Finney | - | A member of the public reported hail up to ping pong ball size along Interstate 27 in northern Hale County. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Finney | - | A severe thunderstorm very slowly moved across Hale County just to the north of Plainview causing flash flooding in and around the intersection of Farm to Market Road 788 and Interstate 27. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finney | - | The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts up to 60 mph. Pea size hail reportedly accompanied the winds. No damage was reported. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Finney | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379768. 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.