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Carney, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Northwest Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74832. The Survey maps it on the Carney quadrangle. 545 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,096 feet above sea level.

Carney within Lincoln County

Population over time

3 figures

Carney fell from 649 to 545 between 2000 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
2000649
2010647-2 (-0%)
2020545-102 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Carney in 2006, burning about 20 acres 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
17 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresPawnee AgencyCARNEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Carney: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carney in 43 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 24 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 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 2004Tornado (F1)Carney$250,000Rotation track maps from KTLX suggest that this was the first tornado from a new mesocyclone that formed southeast of the one that produced the two tornadoes near Meridian in Logan county. This tornado began 3.5 miles WSW of Carney and tracked generally east along Hamner Park Road for 2.5 miles, ending about a mile SW of Carney. The tornado was described by spotters as being quite large. Eyewitness accounts and damage patterns indicate that it was likely a multiple-vortex tornado, but straight-line winds likely contributed to the damage. Numerous large trees were snapped at the trunk or lost large branches. Several outbuildings and trailers were heavily damaged or destroyed. A 20 foot livestock trailer was rolled about 150 yards to the northeast. Impact marks indicate that the trailer bounced over two barbed-wire fences without damaging the fences. A riding lawn mower also was carried east about 50 yards over two chain-link fences with no significant damage to the fences. There were several permanent homes in the damage path, but all received minimal damage that was limited mostly to shingles, window frames, and impalement from wind-driven debris. Maximum path width was about 300 yards along Hamner Park Road about 2.5 miles west-southwest of Carney. Damage in this area was rated high-end F1.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCarney$70,000Significant damage was reported to two mobile homes, approximately four miles west and one mile north of the Highway 177 and 105 interchange. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCarney$25,000Social media images showing a large wooden machine shed destroyed. Time is radar estimated.
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Carney$5,000This tornado developed south of Carney and just east of US Highway 177 and moved southeast damaging trees. A Tornado Debris Signature (TDS) was observed on KTLX radar.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindCarney$5,000A roof was blown off a barn and a large tree was blown down.
June 2011HailCarney$3,000Up to baseball-size hail knocked out a car windshield. Several other cars had dents in them. Monetary damages were estimated.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCarney$2,500Severe winds caused guttering to detach from a home, and downed large tree branches. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCarney$2,500Eight inch diameter trees were downed. Power lines were also downed.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCarney-Social media image showing trees blown down. Time is radar estimated.
March 2016HailCarney-No damage was reported.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindCarney-No damage was reported.
March 2006HailCarney-Hail was reported near the intersection of Highway 177 and Highway 105.
June 2005Flash FloodCarney-A nearly stationary supercell thunderstorm dropped isolated rainfall amounts of 3 to 4 inches over northwestern Lincoln County during the late morning and early afternoon hours of June 9, and caused flash flood problems along Bellcow Creek. At 9:40 am CST, Lincoln County law enforcement officials reported that Bellcow Creek had overflowed its banks and produced minor lowland flooding on the west side of Carney, OK. The flash flooding along Bellcow Creek continued into the early afternoon hours in northern Lincoln County. At 12:30 pm local emergency management personnel reported flash flooding 2 miles south of Carney where floodwaters from Bellcow Creek had overtopped U.S. Highway 177.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Carney-This brief tornado was seen by a storm chaser. No damage was reported.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Carney-This brief tornado was seen in open country by a storm chaser. No damage was reported.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindCarney-Thunderstorm moved through portions of central Oklahoma during the evening hours on the 30th. Strong thunderstorm winds downed power lines at SW 35th and Robinson Street in southwest Oklahoma City, trees in northwest Oklahoma City, and tree limbs in Luther and Carney.
May 2025HailCarney-no account filed
November 2020HailCarney-no account filed
March 2017HailCarney-no account filed
June 2011HailCarney-no account filed
April 2008HailCarney-no account filed
May 2008HailCarney-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCarney-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindCarney-no account filed
March 2003HailCarney-no account filed
March 2003HailCarney-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindCarney-no account filed
September 1998HailCarney-no account filed
May 1996HailCarney-no account filed
November 1996HailCarney-no account filed
March 1996HailCarney-no account filed
February 1995HailCarney-no account filed
February 1995HailCarney-no account filed
March 1994HailCarney-no account filed
April 1994HailCarney-no account filed
April 1994HailCarney-no account filed
April 1994HailCarney-no account filed
September 1993HailCarney-no account filed
May 1993Thunderstorm WindCarney-no account filed
May 1993Thunderstorm WindCarney-no account filed
May 1993Thunderstorm WindCarney-no account filed
September 1993HailCarney-no account filed
September 1993HailCarney-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Anderson1.7 miles10
Dudley2.8 miles11
Emsey2.9 miles11
Tryon5.0 miles10
Fallis7.1 miles10
Merrick7.6 miles11
Ingram8.0 miles10
Wellston8.3 miles10

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 CarneyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2415508The 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 1090982. 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.