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.
Population over time
3 figuresCarney 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 649 | |
| 2010 | 647 | -2 (-0%) |
| 2020 | 545 | -102 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1909 USGS Perkins quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Oklahoma City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Carney quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Oklahoma City North quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Pawnee Agency | CARNEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sandstone Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
43 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Carney | $250,000 | Rotation 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carney | $70,000 | Significant 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carney | $25,000 | Social media images showing a large wooden machine shed destroyed. Time is radar estimated. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Carney | $5,000 | This 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carney | $5,000 | A roof was blown off a barn and a large tree was blown down. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Carney | $3,000 | Up to baseball-size hail knocked out a car windshield. Several other cars had dents in them. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carney | $2,500 | Severe winds caused guttering to detach from a home, and downed large tree branches. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carney | $2,500 | Eight inch diameter trees were downed. Power lines were also downed. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carney | - | Social media image showing trees blown down. Time is radar estimated. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Carney | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carney | - | No damage was reported. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Carney | - | Hail was reported near the intersection of Highway 177 and Highway 105. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Carney | - | 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 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Carney | - | This brief tornado was seen by a storm chaser. No damage was reported. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Carney | - | This brief tornado was seen in open country by a storm chaser. No damage was reported. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carney | - | 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 2025 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| November 2020 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carney | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carney | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carney | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| February 1995 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| February 1995 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| March 1994 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carney | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carney | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carney | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Carney | - | no account filed |
| September 1993 | Hail | Carney | - | 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.
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 Carney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2415508 | 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 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.





