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Caney, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cadron Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72032. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Conway quadrangle.

Caney within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

64 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Caney between 1997 and 2020, burning about 452 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 burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2000Smoking3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2012Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Caney: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Plnt No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caney in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2008Flash FloodCaney$150,000New Home Road in Guy was flooded. Many roads were flooded in Greenbrier. A man was rescued in Conway after his truck was pinned against a tree in floodwaters on Ridge Road. Ruts were made in Springfield Road and Mallet Town Road by floodwaters. Estimates of $80,000 worth of transportation infrastructure damage were made.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCaney$50,000A mobile home was blown off its foundation and had its roof torn off. This mobile home was nearly broadside to the wind and adjacent to an open field, so there was little to break the force of the wind. The resident was not home at the time. Trees were blown down, with one tree falling on a house. Fences were blown down. A carport was destroyed. The roof of a porch collapsed. Power lines were knocked down. The damage occurred along the southeastern city limits of Conway and was primarily confined to Hopkins Lane, Rowlett Lane, Arkansas Highway 286, Skunk Hollow Road, Odom Road, and Brewer Road.
May 2019Flash FloodCaney-Five incehes of water was over the Roster Rd. between Daugherty Hill Rd. and Middle Rd. in Conway. A culvert was also washed out.

Every storm recorded in Faulkner 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
Brumley2.2 miles13
Gold Lake Estates2.6 miles13
Preston3.2 miles13
Sunny Gap (historical)3.5 miles12
Conway3.6 miles13
Gold Creek3.7 miles13
Saltillo3.9 miles12
Rolling Hills3.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56951. 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.