Caruthersville, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Little Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63830. The Survey maps it on the Caruthersville quadrangle. 5,562 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 276 feet above sea level.
On record in Caruthersville
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
Caruthersville Water Towerlisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresCaruthersville fell from 6,168 to 5,562 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 | 6,168 | |
| 2020 | 5,562 | -606 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1939 USGS Caruthersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Caruthersville quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Caruthersville quadrangle1:62500
- 1971 USGS Caruthersville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Caruthersville quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Caruthersville between 2004 and 2019, burning about 16 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 | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179231-07861-09202019-1650 |
| 18 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.6 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179226-07861-04022019-2010 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caruthersville in 29 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 tornado, 4 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Caruthersville | $50,000 | A tornado was first reported by county officials almost two miles south of Caruthersville at a local truck weigh station. Police officials followed the tornado as it struck two factories on the southern limit of Caruthersville producing extensive damage to buildings and cars. Damage was also done to houses on South Ward Ave with many trees and utility poles knocked down. No injuries were reported, however estimated damage was as high as $30,000. The tornado lifted, passing over the town of Caruthersville as a funnel and continued until 1430 CST, with no further touchdowns. |
| January 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Caruthersville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthersville | $10,000 | Straight line winds knocked down trees and damaged the underpinnings of a mobile home in Caruthersville. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Caruthersville | $10,000 | Several businesses in Caruthersville had up to 6 inches of water in them. A few roads were flooded as well. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthersville | $5,000 | Large tree down on powerlines in Caruthersville. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthersville | $5,000 | Straight line winds knocked trees onto power lines within the city limits of Caruthersville. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthersville | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthersville | $5,000 | Several trees were knocked down. |
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthersville | $5,000 | Some power lines were blown down. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthersville | $2,000 | Downed powerlines at the corner of 6th St and Eastwood. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthersville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthersville | $1,000 | Several large tree limbs were knocked down. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthersville | $1,000 | Several large tree limbs were knocked down. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Caruthersville | $1,000 | Several roads were flooded. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthersville | $1,000 | A few trees were blown down. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Caruthersville | $750 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Caruthersville | $100 | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Caruthersville | $100 | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Caruthersville | $10 | South Ward Street was flooded resulting in traffic problems. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Caruthersville | - | Wind-driven hail caused significant damage to structures and roofs in Caruthersville. |
| February 2015 | Flood | Caruthersville | - | Heavy rain combined with melting snow and sleet to produce flooding in Caruthersville. One street was flooded and closed. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthersville | - | Straight line winds knocked down several trees in Caruthersville. |
| July 2009 | Flash Flood | Caruthersville | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Caruthersville. A few roads were flooded as a result. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthersville | - | A local radio station reported a wind gust to around 67 mph. |
| July 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Caruthersville | - | A tornado briefly touched producing little damage. |
| April 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Caruthersville | - | The Caruthersville Police Department reported a brief tornado touchdown. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caruthersville | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Caruthersville | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Caruthersville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cunningham | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Stubtown | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Schult | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Indian Mound | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Carlston | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Kinfolks Ridge | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Gayoso | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| McCarty | 5.7 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 Caruthersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q952886 | 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 715460. 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.
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.






