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Caney, Kansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Caney City. It lies in ZIP code area 67333. It stands on Cheyenne Creek. The Survey maps it on the Caney quadrangle. 1,788 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 778 feet above sea level.

Caney within Montgomery County

Population over time

2 figures

Caney fell from 2,203 to 1,788 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,203
20201,788-415 (-19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

38 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Caney between 2002 and 2019, burning about 3,070 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Other causes2

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
23 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service1530033
16 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMontgomery County1730026
12 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMontgomery County1730023
10 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1470095
27 May 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service201880
9 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1870062
4 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1870059
30 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKansas Forest Service1870072

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

60 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caney in 76 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 39 hail, 30 thunderstorm wind, 5 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2000Thunderstorm WindCaney$50,000A large microwave relay tower was blown over as were several bird sanctuaries and animal cages at a nearby zoological park.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindCaney$18,000A hay barn was ripped apart and thrown into a field. Also, at the Havana Golf Course, several cedar trees were broken off. The metal roof was torn off a barn with the roof landing in the trees across the street along Old highway 166.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCaney$15,000Law enforcement and emergency management reported 60 to 70 mph winds along with torrential rainfall in Caney, resulting in near zero visibility. Tree damage was widespread in and around the Caney area. Two vehicles were damaged by downed trees, and a storage building sustained major damage in Caney. The Montgomery County Chronicle contributed to this report.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCaney$10,000Downed power lines.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindCaney$7,500Damage to a barns metal roof was reported along with a tree falling on a house.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCaney$5,000Tree uprooted, knocking down adjacent power line.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCaney$750Several 3 inch diameter tree limbs downed.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCaney-The trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCaney-Trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds.
March 2024Funnel CloudCaney-Public report of a funnel cloud near Caney.
May 2024HailCaney-Hail reports were shared via broadcast media and law enforcement which ranged from quarter to golf ball size near Caney. Wind gusts estimated to 80 mph were reported as well.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCaney-Caney Police Department estimated 80 mph winds and had quarter sized hail.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCaney-Windows broken by the combination of large hail and strong winds.
April 2024HailCaney-Hail ranged from ping pong ball to baseball size.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCaney-No damage was reported at this location.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCaney-Tree damage and some sheet metal were damaged in Caney. Time was based on radar.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCaney-No damage was reported at this location.
February 2017HailCaney-This was a delayed report that was relayed by the Coffeyville Police Department.
February 2017HailCaney-The report was received via Twitter.
March 2016FloodCaney-Minor street flooding was reported in town.
April 2015HailCaney-Pea to dime size hail was reported.
June 2015FloodCaney-Several low water crossings had water covering them causing problems for travel.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindCaney-Several large trees were reported down across the town of Caney.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindCaney-A few small tree limbs were also blown out.
May 2013HailCaney-No damage was reported.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCaney-Power poles were knocked down.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindCaney-A roof was blown off of a barn and another out buildings walls were blown out.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindCaney-Law enforcement reported that a tree had been blown down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCaney-Winds were estimated around 70 mph.
June 2010FloodCaney-Thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall rates moved south across the county during the evening hours of the 23rd, resulting in flooding over Highway 75 and Ridgeway on the south end of Caney. Additional low-lying flooding occurred across southwest portions of the county. Some of the high water did not recede until the early morning hours on the 24th. Any damage estimates the flooding may have incurred is unknown.
April 2009Flash FloodCaney-Numerous slow moving thunderstorms produced torrential rainfall during the afternoon and early evening hours on the 27th across much of Montgomery county. Widespread 3 to 5 inch rainfall amounts likely occurred per radar estimates, producing several rural and some city road closures due to high water. Unfortunately, property and crop damage estimates are unknown.
May 2008FloodCaney-Minor street flooding was reported throughout the town of Caney.
March 2007FloodCaney-Numerous thunderstorms produced widespread 2 to 4 inch rainfall amounts across much of Montgomery County. Consequently, several rural and secondary roads, as well as some town roads were closed countywide due to high water. The high water receded around sunrise on the 21st.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCaney-no account filed
March 2017HailCaney-no account filed
March 2017HailCaney-no account filed
March 2016HailCaney-no account filed
March 2016HailCaney-no account filed
May 2013HailCaney-no account filed
April 2012HailCaney-no account filed
June 2011HailCaney-no account filed
June 2011HailCaney-no account filed
May 2011HailCaney-no account filed
February 2011HailCaney-no account filed
February 2011HailCaney-no account filed
February 2011HailCaney-no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindCaney-no account filed
July 2009HailCaney-no account filed
May 2008HailCaney-no account filed
May 2008HailCaney-no account filed
May 2008HailCaney-no account filed
April 2006HailCaney-no account filed
April 2006HailCaney-no account filed
April 2006HailCaney-no account filed
April 2006HailCaney-no account filed
April 2006HailCaney-no account filed
March 2006HailCaney-no account filed
May 2006HailCaney-no account filed
September 2006HailCaney-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCaney-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Owen0.9 miles17
Havana5.5 miles18
Tyro6.3 miles17
Wayside8.5 miles17
Jefferson11.5 miles17
Bolton12.2 miles18
Dearing12.2 miles17
West Coffeyville14.2 miles17

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 CaneyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2666626The 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 469249. 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.