Caro, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Cushing-Douglass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75964. The Survey maps it on the Trawick quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mount Enterprise quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Trawick quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Caro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,005 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 were 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 | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 530 |
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 529 |
| 7 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 489 |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NACOGDOCHES 17:34 |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 509 |
| 4 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON-7121 |
| 29 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 112 |
| 27 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 570 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caro in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Hail | Caro | - | Quarter size hail reported near the Central Heights community. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Caro | - | Quarter size hail reported in the Caro community. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caro | - | Numerous trees were blown down or topped along Highway 259 near County Road 204. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahl | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Trawick | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| North Redland | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Linn Flat | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Central Heights | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Redfield | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Flat | 5.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379510. 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.






