Cass City, Michigan
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Elkland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48726. It stands on North Branch Cass River. The Survey maps it on the Cass City quadrangle. 2,494 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 745 feet above sea level.
On record in Cass City
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 1 record
First Presbyterian Churchlisted 2006
Population over time
2 figuresCass City grew from 2,428 to 2,494 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 | 2,428 | |
| 2020 | 2,494 | +66 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Cass City quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Cass City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 88 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | TUSCOLA 01 - CASS CITY REKINDLE |
| 13 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ELKLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000084 - 2018 |
| 7 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GAGETOWN-ELMWOOD TWP FD 19F0375 - 2019 |
| 3 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge | 4/3/2010 |
| 21 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ELKLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000044 - 2018 |
| 2 April 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
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 Cass City: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schwaderer Pit No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tuckeys Ready Mix and Gravel 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
32 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cass City in 32 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 25 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | $10,000 | A large tree fell through the roof of a home on Elmwood Road just south of Cass City. Total property damage was estimated at roughly $10K. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Cass City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | $200 | Several large tree branches fell across Cemetary Rd just south of Cass City. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | Multiple trees reported down. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | At least half a dozen of trees reported down across southern Tuscola county. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | A tree was reported down on the road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | Trees reported down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | A two foot diameter tree was reported blown down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | Numerous trees and wires reported down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | Large tree blown down, along with 12 inch limbs. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | Six to eight inch tree limbs down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | A small shed was blown over. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | Multiple trees were reported blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | Two trees were reported blown down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | A trained spotter reported large tree branches down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | A trained spotter reported a tree down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | Trained spotters reported trees and power lines down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | A trained spotter reported an 8 inch tree limb blown down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | A trained spotter estimated a 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust, which brought down a large tree. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | Trees and wires were reported blown down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | A trained weather spotter estimated a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | Trained spotters reported 15 inch diameter tree limbs blown down in thunderstorm winds in Gagetown. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cass City | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Cass City | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Cass City | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Cass City | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Cass City | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Cass City | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Cass City | - | 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.
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 Cass City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3316445 | 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 622846. 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.



