Caney River
| Caney River | |
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| Country | United States |
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| States | Kansas, Oklahoma |
| Source | Elk County, Kansas |
| - coordinates | 37°15′31″N 96°26′57″W / 37.2585°N 96.4493°W |
| Mouth | Oologah Lake |
| - coordinates | 36°26′10″N 95°38′39″W / 36.4360°N 95.6442°W |
The Caney River is a 180-mile-long (290 km)[1] river in southern Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma. The river is a tributary of the Verdigris River, and is usually a flatwater stream.
The Caney forms in Elk County, Kansas, then moves south into Oklahoma near Elgin, Kansas. It then flows south through Osage County, where it is dammed near Bowring to form Hulah Lake. Downstream of the dam, the river flows into Washington County through the center of Bartlesville, where it separates the city's downtown from its residential east side. Just south of Bartlesville, the river turns southeast and flows into Rogers County, where it joins the Verdigris River between Collinsville and Claremore.
The dam at Hulah Lake is operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. In October 1986 the Corps was forced to open floodgates at the dam due to above-average rainfall in the Great Plains.[2] The resulting 500-year flood split Bartlesville virtually in half for several days and caused more than US$30 million in property damage.[3][4]
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[edit] References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 31, 2011
- ^ 1986 Global Register of Extreme Flood Events - DFO#1986-038. Dartmouth Flood Observatory. Retrieved on 2007-05-25.
- ^ Trammell, Karen.In Weather History: The Floods of September and October 1986. The Southern Plains Cyclone. National Weather Service, Autumn 2003. Retrieved on 2007-05-25.
- ^ Associated Press. "Middle Western Floods Threaten New Areas", The New York Times, 1986-10-07. Retrieved on 2007-05-25.
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