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Osgood, Indiana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47037. The Survey maps it on the Osgood quadrangle. 1,587 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 984 feet above sea level.

Osgood within Ripley County

On record in Osgood

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

Population over time

2 figures

Osgood fell from 1,624 to 1,587 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
20101,624
20201,587-37 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Osgood: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Schmaltz Ready-Mix ConcreteSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
South Eastern Materials Corp QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ripley County

Storms near this place

33 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osgood in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 15 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 5 flood, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2022Tornado (EF0)Osgood$100,000The first tornadic damage was observed along U.S. Route 421 near Jan-Cen-Del Community Schools and extended northeast and then east before dissipating just north of State Road 350, just west of Finks Road. There were several areas that sustained straight line wind damage of similar wind magnitude outside of this path.||The first notable damage was broken tree branches and chimney damage along U.S. Highway 421 just west of the school. The tornado caused roof damage at the school and damaged other light objects around the school. A light pole in the athletic fields north of the school was also knocked down. Blowing debris also caused damage to some buses parked at the school.||Further east, the tornado traveled just north of State Route 350, where additional trees were either uprooted or snapped. Snapped trees resulted in substantial damage to an outbuilding in the 700 block of West State Route 350.||While additional damage of similar strength was observed along West Fairground Road and other locations to the north and east of Osgood, this damage was attributed to wind damage from the line of strong storms that swept through the area at the same time as the tornado.
July 2000Flash FloodOsgood$50,000Heavy rainfall caused flooding which washed out several roads between Osgood and Delaware.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindOsgood$30,000Numerous trees were downed across much of Ripley County, especially in the Holton, Osgood, Versailles and Milan areas.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindOsgood$20,000Brief, strong winds caused minor damage to several buildings and major damage to the Indiana State Highway testing lab office.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindOsgood$5,000A few trees and large limbs were downed. A fence was blown over at the Ripley County Fairgrounds.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindOsgood$3,000A vehicle was damaged from blowing debris.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindOsgood$3,000A few trees were downed.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindOsgood$3,000Several large trees were downed in the 500 block of Finks Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindOsgood$3,000Multiple trees were downed, blocking the road near Jac-Cen-Del High School.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindOsgood$3,000Trees were reported down west of Osgood due to thunderstorm winds. Power lines were also reported down east of Osgood.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindOsgood$3,000Trees were downed west of US Route 50 and east of Fairground Road.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindOsgood$2,000A tree and some power lines were downed.
August 2021FloodOsgood$2,000High water was reported on a few roads near Versailles. A driver had to be pulled out of a vehicle stuck in high water on 300 W near U.S. 50.
January 2012FloodOsgood$2,000Street and basement flooding was reported in the area due to heavy rain.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindOsgood$2,000Trees were reported down across the northern half of the county due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindOsgood$2,000Two trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindOsgood$1,000A tree fell onto the roadway at State Route 350 and North Finks Road.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindOsgood$1,000A tree was knocked down on a power line between Osgood and Napoleon.
June 2008HailOsgood$1,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindOsgood$500Several large limbs were downed just north of Jac-Cen-Del School.
February 2019FloodOsgood-High water was reported across Route 350.
June 2019Flash FloodOsgood-Several roads remained closed across the county due to flash flooding.
March 2017FloodOsgood-Very high water was lingering across the Osgood area.
July 2016FloodOsgood-Minor flooding was reported along West Fairgrounds Road east of Osgood.
August 2003Flash FloodOsgood-High water up to ten inches deep was flowing across US Route 421.
March 2011HailOsgood-no account filed
March 2011HailOsgood-no account filed
May 2011HailOsgood-no account filed
June 2011HailOsgood-no account filed
June 2011HailOsgood-no account filed
August 2003HailOsgood-no account filed
April 1995HailOsgood-no account filed
April 1995HailOsgood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ripley 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
Allen Crossing2.2 miles9
Otter Village2.2 miles9
Laughery Switch3.0 miles11
Dabney4.0 miles9
Versailles4.5 miles9
Delaware4.7 miles11
Napoleon5.6 miles11
Prattsburg5.9 miles11

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 OsgoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q432158The 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 440723. 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.

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.