Kenney, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77418. The Survey maps it on the Kenney quadrangle. It stands 394 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1930 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Kenney quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Kenney between 2006 and 2019, burning about 160 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ILLEGAL BURN |
| 28 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ NEUMANN |
| 14 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ GLAZEAR |
| 30 July 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ NORTH HWY 36 |
| 21 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TEGELER |
| 2 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 10 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ KENNY HALL |
| 31 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE / ROCKY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kenney in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenney | $10,000 | Trees down. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenney | $5,000 | Trees blown down blocking area roads. |
| January 2024 | Hail | Kenney | - | Pea to penny sized hail was observed on Highway 36 just south of Kenney. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Kenney | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported from MPING. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Kenney | - | Several roads were closed and impassable between Bellville and Chappell Hill. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Wehdem | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Sempronius (historical) | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Wehdem | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Nelsonville | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Buckhorn | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bleiblerville | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bellville | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Welcome | 8.7 miles | 10 |
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 Kenney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6390889 | 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 1339040. 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.




