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Caney, Arkansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Montgomery Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71929. The Survey maps it on the De Roche quadrangle.

Caney within Hot Spring County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

153 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Caney between 1997 and 2019, burning about 1,095 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 46 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 burning52
Arson/incendiarism46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3

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
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2012Arson/incendiarism60 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hot Spring County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Caney: 8 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Antimony. 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
Ozan Lumber Co.AntimonyProspect
Caddo QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Murray Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Deroche Creek QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Hot Spring County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caney in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCaney$100,000Corrected for time. The person reported multiple trees down between Bismarck and Deroche especially on Hwy 84. There were reportedly trees on some homes as well. The person measured 50 mph winds on his personal weather station.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCaney$20,000A tree was blown down onto a vehicle traveling on Caney Rd.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindCaney$5,000Several trees were blown down in the area around Caney.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCaney-Multiple trees were blown down between Bismarck and Deroche along Highway 84 including a few trees onto houses.
August 2016Heavy RainCaney-Heavy rain of 4.95 inches was measured from 7 am on 8/14 to 7 am on 8/15/16.
March 1995Thunderstorm WindCaney-Thunderstorm winds downed some trees and power lines.
August 2006HailCaney-no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindCaney-no account filed
May 1998HailCaney-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hot Spring 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
Old De Roche2.9 miles8
Duffie (historical)3.1 miles8
Friendship4.5 miles9
De Roche5.0 miles7
Oak Bower5.1 miles8
Sanders (historical)5.8 miles7
Midway6.0 miles11
Antioch6.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 47386. 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.