Capac, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Mussey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48014. The Survey maps it on the Capac quadrangle. 1,983 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 814 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCapac grew from 1,890 to 1,983 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,890 | |
| 2020 | 1,983 | +93 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Capac quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Croswell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Capac between 1992 and 2020, burning about 46 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSSEY TOWNSHIP FD 0000117 - 2019 |
| 15 June 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 June 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | EMMETT FD 0000099 - 2018 |
| 18 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSSEY TOWNSHIP FD 2180069 - 2018 |
| 22 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MUSSEY TOWNSHIP FD 2180053 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Capac in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Flood | Capac | $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Flood | Capac | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capac | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capac | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capac | $3,000 | A local newspaper article included a picture of a trampoline, that had been anchored into the ground, wrapped around the corner of a home's roof, reportedly shifting the wall by a couple of inches. Trees were also reported blown down. An early morning 4th of July thunderstorm was responsible for the damage. Downburst winds were estimated at around 60 MPH. Gushing rain and pelting hail also left plants ripped to shreds. Property damage was estimated at roughly $3K. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capac | $1,000 | Large tree reported down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capac | - | Tree reported to have fallen on a house. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capac | - | Power lines were reported down. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capac | - | A tree was reported blown down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capac | - | A trained spotter reported a tree branch 8 inches in diameter down. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capac | - | Trees down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capac | - | A trained spotter reported 5 inch tree limbs down. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capac | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 MPH thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2020 | Flood | Capac | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Capac | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Capac | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Capac | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Capac | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Capac | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capac | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Capac | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesterville | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Allenton | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Riley Center | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Berville | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Emmett | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Brockway | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Yale | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| Merrillsville (historical) | 11.2 miles | 9 |
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 Capac | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2139151 | 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 1624440. 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.



