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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1894 USGS Ellsworth quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Carneiro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Russell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional 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 use | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ellsworth County | 2017009 |
| 22 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ellsworth County | 2017008 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
36 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | $500 | Three to five inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Carneiro | - | A brief tornado was reported. No damage was found. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | Measured wind gust from a Union Pacific weather station. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | Estimated wind gusts around 60 mph. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | Wind gusts estimated to be around 60 mph. |
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | Carneiro | - | Water was reported over 29th Road about three miles north of Highway 40. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | Report from a home weather station. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | A trained spotter measured wind gusts up to 60 mph. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts around 60 to 65 mph. An empty tank was blown off of a trailer. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Carneiro | - | A Cocorahs observer reported 3.49 inches in 24 hours. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Carneiro | - | A Cocorahs observer in 5 miles west of Brookville reported 1.12 inches in 24 hours. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | One foot in diameter tree branch was blown down and visibilities were reduced to 1.5 miles. |
| May 2020 | Heavy Rain | Carneiro | - | Event total of 4.5 inches through report time in the previous 24 hour period. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Carneiro | - | A trained spotter reported quarter to half dollar sized hail just south of Westfall. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | This report came from the mesonet station station K5ELW, 7 sw of Westfall. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | This report came from the mesonet station K5ELW, 7 miles sw of Westfall. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Carneiro | - | Located at mile marker 228 on Interstate 70. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | Reported by trained spotter. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | Three branches were broken. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | A tree with a 12-inch diameter trunk was uprooted. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | A tree with a 12-inch diameter trunk was uprooted. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | Winds were estimated around 70 mph. |
| September 2004 | Hail | Carneiro | - | Reported 5 miles south-southwest of exit 233 on I-70. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Carneiro | - | Remained over open country. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Carneiro | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carneiro | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Carneiro | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Carneiro | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Carneiro | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Carneiro | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Carneiro | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Carneiro | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Carneiro | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Carneiro | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Carneiro | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Carneiro | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terra Cotta | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Arcola | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Yankee Run | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Kanopolis | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Venango | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Kanopolis Lake Park | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Ellsworth | 10.5 miles | 14 | |
| Midway | 11.1 miles | 15 |
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 Carneiro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14689410 | The 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.





