Caro, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Caro City. It lies in ZIP code area 48723. It stands on Sucker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Caro quadrangle. 4,328 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 725 feet above sea level.
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On record in Caro
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Hotel Montaguelisted 1991
Trinity Episcopal Churchlisted 1975
Tuscola County Courthouselisted 1996- Moore, William J. and Lovila (Wooley), Houselisted 2024
Population over time
2 figuresCaro grew from 4,229 to 4,328 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 | 4,229 | |
| 2020 | 4,328 | +99 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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
- 1963 USGS Caro quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Caro between 1996 and 2019, burning about 10 acres in total. None 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 | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARO FD 0000153 - 2018 |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIRGROVE FD 0003419 - 2019 |
| 3 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARO FD 0000134 - 2018 |
| 11 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIRGROVE FD 0002518 - 2018 |
| 19 May 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARO FD 0000068 - 2018 |
| 7 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | FAIRGROVE FD 0001419 - 2019 |
| 25 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CARO FD 0000074 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Caro: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tuscola County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tuscola County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tuscola County Road Commission Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
40 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caro in 40 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Hail | Caro | $500,000 | A severe thunderstorm moved southeast across Tuscola County on the 6th, dropping large hail over the communities of Fairgrove and Caro. In Caro, a car dealership suffered damages in excess of $100,000 to their stock of both used and new cars. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | $30,000 | Numerous trees reported down. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | $15,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Flood | Caro | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | $5,000 | Trees and power lines reported down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | $5,000 | Numerous tree limbs and trees reported down, along with damaged windows. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | $2,000 | Numerous large limbs were downed. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Tree blown down onto a mobile home. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Trees reported down. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Large tree and wires reported down. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Numerous trees and power lines reported down across the county. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Trees reported down. |
| November 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Six trees were reported blown down, along with wires. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Trees reported down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Four inch diameter tree limbs reported down. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Law enforcement reported a tree blown down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | A trained spotter estimated the wind gusts at 60 MPH. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Large tree limbs were reported blown down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Large tree limbs were reported blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Several large tree limbs and wires were reported down by the emergency manager. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Emergency management reported large trees blown down in thunderstorm winds. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees and power lines on the northeast side of Caro. In Reese, several large limbs were snapped off of trees. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Caro | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Caro | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Caro | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Caro | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Caro | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Caro | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Caro | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Caro | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Caro | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Caro | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Caro | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wahjamega | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ellington | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Daytona Branch | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Dayton | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Watrousville | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Fairgrove | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| East Dayton | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Akron | 8.2 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 Caro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14032 | 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 622746. 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.
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.




