Flournoy California Map

About Flournoy, California

Flournoy is a locality in Tehama County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 117. The population density is 7.7 people per km². Flournoy is located at 39.9283°N, 122.4458°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 96021, 96029.

Flournoy occupies a quiet expanse of Northern California where the earth shifts from the flat, agricultural reach of the valley into the stubborn, sun-bleached terrain of the interior. It lies 20.7 miles south-southwest of Red Bluff, CA (from Red Bluff, CA: bearing 211°T), and is situated 17.5 miles northwest of Orland. Thomes Creek carves a persistent, gravel-lined path through this landscape, its seasonal pulse dictating the rhythm of the surrounding acreage. To the west, the land rises in long, tawny slopes that hold the heat of the afternoon, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range anchors the horizon in a thin, pale blue. The light here has a particular clarity, stripping the oak savanna of pretense and revealing the stark, honest architecture of the plains. Six miles away, the low-lying expanse of Nevada Bottom provides a subtle break in the topography, a reminder of the quiet, geologic patience that defines the character of Flournoy.

The history of Flournoy remains tethered to the land’s capacity for endurance, a legacy built on the quiet extraction of value from soil and pasture. Economic life here moves in tandem with the seasons, favoring the slow, cyclical demands of ranching and the maintenance of the vast, open tracts that define the local identity. Residents find their recreation in the proximity of Simpson-Finnell Park, a space that preserves the wilder, uncultivated edges of the region, or at the banks of Black Butte Lake, where the water serves as a stark, reflective contrast to the tinder-dry grasses of midsummer. Life in Flournoy is defined by an absence of urgency, where the daily passage of time is marked not by digital clocks, but by the way the shadow of the hills lengthens across the valley floor as the sun retreats.

About This Flournoy Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Flournoy, California. Coordinates: 39.928339, -122.445793. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Flournoy includes the ZIP code (96021, 96029), telephone area code (530), county seat of Tehama County (Red Bluff), and school district assignment (Corning Union High School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.