Finley, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Finley town. It lies in ZIP code area 54646. The Survey maps it on the Finley quadrangle. It stands 951 feet above sea level.
On record in Finley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Sprague Bridgelisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Necedah quadrangle1:48000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Eau Claire quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Finley quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Black River Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Finley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Necedah National Wildlife Refuge | NOFAULTWF |
| 18 September 1996 | Smoking | 2.3 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | POWERLINE |
| 24 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Finley in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Flood | Finley | $900,000 | The Yellow, Lemonweir and Wisconsin Rivers along with their tributaries flooded, which caused road closures, evacuations, and damage to some roads, homes and businesses. People were evacuated from a campground east of Mauston along the Lemonweir River, while a dozen campers, campsites and sheds were ruined. In Necedah, water rose onto the property of several businesses, while homes on the east side of town were evacuated. Five homes and 2 businesses incurred major damage, while 14 homes and 1 business reported minor damage. Some specific road closures included County Roads G and F, and 11th Street, as well as County Roads HH and N near Lyndon Station. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Finley | $45,000 | Up to 3 inch diameter hail was reported east of Finley that caused damage to some vehicles. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Finley | $25,000 | Egg sized hail was reported north of Finley. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finley | $5,000 | Trees were blown down across the northeast part of Juneau County in Finley and Armenia townships. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finley | $2,000 | Trees were blown down along State Highway 80 and County Road F. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finley | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finley | $750 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Finley | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Finley | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Valley | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sprague | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| New Miner | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mather | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Cloverdale | 13.2 miles | 14 | |
| Necedah | 13.3 miles | 12 | |
| Cutler | 14.0 miles | 14 | |
| Kelly | 17.1 miles | 12 |
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 Finley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5450566 | 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 1564945. 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.





