Flock & ALPR Cameras in Carbondale, Kansas
Volunteers have reported 7 automated license plate readers in and around Carbondale — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Carbondale in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 8, 06:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Carbondale
The readers mapped around Carbondale break down as 6 Flock Safety, 1 of unrecorded make. The first camera here was reported in Nov 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- US 75 — 4 readers
- West 157th Street — 2 readers
- Southwest Topeka Boulevard — 1 reader
Carbondale in the Osage County picture
Osage County has 4 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,170 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 15,780 residents and 1,143 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 69.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 6 traffic.
Camera activity around Carbondale, last 30 days
3 newly reported in our hourly change log for Carbondale. Latest change logged Aug 16, 2026.
What’s watching Carbondale
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Carbondale — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Carbondale (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Carbondale
What you can do in Carbondale
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
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Cameras near Carbondale
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).