BlockCaruth, Missouri
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63857. It stands on Ragland Slough. The Survey maps it on the Kennett South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1934 USGS Kennett quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Kennett quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Kennett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Kennett South quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Paragould quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caruth in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruth | $20,000 | Center pivot irrigation unit overturned near a cotton plant off Highway 164. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruth | $1,000 | Tree downed between Senath and Caruth. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruth | $1,000 | A tree was down and blocking Dunklin County Road 549B in Caruth. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vincit | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cotton Plant | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Octa | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Scobeville | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Dillman | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Senath | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Nesbit | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Austin | 4.3 miles | 12 |
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 Caruth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16890136 | 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 715459. 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.
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.