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Caney, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Annona-Avery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75426. The Survey maps it on the White Rock quadrangle.

Caney within Red River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

67 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Caney between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,794 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2011Debris and open burning18 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARTER#1
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARTER#2
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use250 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2004Debris and open burning80 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 189
3 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 356
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined68 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6159
24 September 2006Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 449

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Red River County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Caney: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
UnknownLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Red River 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
White Rock2.4 miles10
English3.2 miles9
Reeds Settlement3.3 miles10
Bryarly5.2 miles10
Madras5.4 miles10
Dilworth5.7 miles10
Vessey5.7 miles10
Mena (historical)6.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379502. 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.