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.
Population over time
2 figuresCassopolis 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,774 | |
| 2020 | 1,712 | -62 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1945 USGS Cassopolis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Cassopolis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dowagiac quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS South Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2019Regional 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 use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CASSOPOLIS VFD 0000120 - 2020 |
| 6 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CASSOPOLIS VFD 0000067 - 2019 |
| 15 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CASSOPOLIS VFD 0000071 - 2019 |
| 7 April 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CASSOPOLIS VFD 0000054 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Co Pit Lowitz Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| West Rate Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Whit Pond Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
31 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | 4 hurt | Law enforcement reported a large tree fell on a church tent injuring 4 people, one seriously. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | $15,000 | A few large tree branches down in Cassopolis, including one onto an unoccupied car. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | $15,000 | Several trees were downed and at least one power pole was downed in Cassopolis and vicinity. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | $10,000 | Roof blown off of a building. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | $10,000 | Local law enforcement reported trees and power lines blown down by estimated winds of around 65 mph. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | $5,000 | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down countywide and a semi truck rolled over. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | $5,000 | Tree fell onto house at Stone Lake in Cassopolis. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused tree limbs to fall upon two houses. Trees were also blown down in a local cemetery and park. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | $1,000 | Power line down. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Cassopolis | $500 | Video shows quarter-size hail. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | Trees and power lines down across Cassopolis. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees down across the eastern part of the county. Many roads are flooded. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | Law enforcement officials reported several tree limbs down as well as power line across the county. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees and power lines down at various locations throughout the county. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees down in several locations across the county. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Cassopolis | - | One foot of water was reported over pokagan highway southwest of Cassopolis. |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | A few trees were blown down near Dowagiac. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | Large tree down blocking Michigan State Rd 60. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | Law enforcement reported power poles and lines down in Cassopolis. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | Trees down. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cassopolis | - | Nearly a foot of golfball size hail accumulated over a span of 15 minutes west of Cassopolis. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | Law enforcement reported power lines down southwest of Cassopolis. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | Trees down. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | Trees down. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | MEAURED GUST. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Cassopolis | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Cassopolis | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Cassopolis | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cassopolis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Point | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Diamond Shores | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Beach | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| La Grange | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Brownsville | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Dailey | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Penn | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Vandalia | 5.1 miles | 16 |
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 Cassopolis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2373038 | 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 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.





