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Carneiro, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Carneiro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67425. The Survey maps it on the Carneiro quadrangle. It stands 1,578 feet above sea level.

Carneiro within Ellsworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Carneiro in 2017, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. None 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 use2

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 March 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEllsworth County2017009
22 March 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEllsworth County2017008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ellsworth County

Storms near this place

36 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carneiro in 36 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 16 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 tornado. 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
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCarneiro$500Three to five inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
April 2025Tornado (EFU)Carneiro-A brief tornado was reported. No damage was found.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-Measured wind gust from a Union Pacific weather station.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-Estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-Wind gusts estimated to be around 60 mph.
September 2025Flash FloodCarneiro-Water was reported over 29th Road about three miles north of Highway 40.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-Report from a home weather station.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-A trained spotter measured wind gusts up to 60 mph.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 to 65 mph. An empty tank was blown off of a trailer.
July 2022Heavy RainCarneiro-A Cocorahs observer reported 3.49 inches in 24 hours.
June 2022Heavy RainCarneiro-A Cocorahs observer in 5 miles west of Brookville reported 1.12 inches in 24 hours.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-One foot in diameter tree branch was blown down and visibilities were reduced to 1.5 miles.
May 2020Heavy RainCarneiro-Event total of 4.5 inches through report time in the previous 24 hour period.
May 2018HailCarneiro-A trained spotter reported quarter to half dollar sized hail just south of Westfall.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-This report came from the mesonet station station K5ELW, 7 sw of Westfall.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-This report came from the mesonet station K5ELW, 7 miles sw of Westfall.
April 2017HailCarneiro-Located at mile marker 228 on Interstate 70.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-Reported by trained spotter.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-Three branches were broken.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-A tree with a 12-inch diameter trunk was uprooted.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-A tree with a 12-inch diameter trunk was uprooted.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-Winds were estimated around 70 mph.
September 2004HailCarneiro-Reported 5 miles south-southwest of exit 233 on I-70.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Carneiro-Remained over open country.
June 2025HailCarneiro-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCarneiro-no account filed
May 2021HailCarneiro-no account filed
May 2021HailCarneiro-no account filed
May 2019HailCarneiro-no account filed
May 2016HailCarneiro-no account filed
July 2013HailCarneiro-no account filed
September 2009HailCarneiro-no account filed
September 2009HailCarneiro-no account filed
September 2009HailCarneiro-no account filed
July 2008HailCarneiro-no account filed
April 2002HailCarneiro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ellsworth 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
Terra Cotta3.9 miles18
Arcola5.2 miles17
Yankee Run6.1 miles14
Kanopolis7.0 miles14
Venango7.3 miles18
Kanopolis Lake Park9.8 miles16
Ellsworth10.5 miles14
Midway11.1 miles15

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 CarneiroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14689410The 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 475476. 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.