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Cassopolis, Michigan

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1983. It stands in LaGrange Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49031. The Survey maps it on the Dowagiac quadrangle. 1,712 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

Cassopolis within Cass County

Population over time

2 figures

Cassopolis fell from 1,774 to 1,712 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,774
20201,712-62 (-3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Cassopolis between 2019 and 2020, burning about 5 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
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
20 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCASSOPOLIS VFD 0000120 - 2020
6 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCASSOPOLIS VFD 0000067 - 2019
15 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCASSOPOLIS VFD 0000071 - 2019
7 April 2019Natural2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCASSOPOLIS VFD 0000054 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cassopolis: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cass Co Pit Lowitz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
West Rate Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Whit Pond Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

31 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cassopolis in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 25 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 4 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2003Thunderstorm WindCassopolis4 hurtLaw enforcement reported a large tree fell on a church tent injuring 4 people, one seriously.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCassopolis$15,000A few large tree branches down in Cassopolis, including one onto an unoccupied car.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindCassopolis$15,000Several trees were downed and at least one power pole was downed in Cassopolis and vicinity.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindCassopolis$10,000Roof blown off of a building.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindCassopolis$10,000Local law enforcement reported trees and power lines blown down by estimated winds of around 65 mph.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCassopolis$5,000Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down countywide and a semi truck rolled over.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCassopolis$5,000Tree fell onto house at Stone Lake in Cassopolis.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindCassopolis$5,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindCassopolis$2,000Thunderstorm winds caused tree limbs to fall upon two houses. Trees were also blown down in a local cemetery and park.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindCassopolis$1,000Power line down.
March 2026HailCassopolis$500Video shows quarter-size hail.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-Trees and power lines down across Cassopolis.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-Law enforcement officials reported trees down across the eastern part of the county. Many roads are flooded.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-Law enforcement officials reported several tree limbs down as well as power line across the county.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-Law enforcement officials reported trees and power lines down at various locations throughout the county.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-Law enforcement officials reported trees down in several locations across the county.
August 2007Flash FloodCassopolis-One foot of water was reported over pokagan highway southwest of Cassopolis.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-A few trees were blown down near Dowagiac.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-Large tree down blocking Michigan State Rd 60.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-Law enforcement reported power poles and lines down in Cassopolis.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-Trees down.
May 2003HailCassopolis-Nearly a foot of golfball size hail accumulated over a span of 15 minutes west of Cassopolis.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-Law enforcement reported power lines down southwest of Cassopolis.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-Trees down.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-Trees down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-MEAURED GUST.
August 2011HailCassopolis-no account filed
July 2011HailCassopolis-no account filed
March 2004HailCassopolis-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindCassopolis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Eagle Point1.8 miles16
Diamond Shores2.4 miles16
Spring Beach2.8 miles16
La Grange3.4 miles14
Brownsville3.8 miles16
Dailey4.5 miles14
Penn4.6 miles16
Vandalia5.1 miles16

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 CassopolisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2373038The 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 622860. 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.