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Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Osceola County, Michigan
51 topographic sheets cover 19 settlements here, and 1 property is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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What the record shows
- 236 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- 1 property here is on the National Register of Historic Places, listed as a district.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 19 populated places in this county; 19 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Places on the National Register
1Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evart Downtown Historic District | district | 2025 | 100012093 |
Wildfire, 1992 to 2020
261 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 261 of them, burning about 863 acres. 6 started naturally and 9 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 81 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 48 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 acres | Huron-Manistee National Forest | RED SQUIREL |
| 25 March 1995 | Debris and open burning | 36 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2009 | Smoking | 33 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OSCEOLA 03 |
| 31 March 1994 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OSCEOLA 02 |
| 22 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 23 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1959 to 2026
60 of 101 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 101 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 5 injuries and about $11,715,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 51 |
| Hail | 27 |
| Tornado | 13 |
| Flash Flood | 8 |
| Flood | 2 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1968 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 3 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Tustin | 1 hurt, $500,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tustin | 1 hurt, $100,000 | A report submitted to the Michigan State Police Emergency Management Division indicated that the entire county was impacted by the derecho. One person was reported as injured. Numerous roads were blocked by downed trees and power lines. Private property damage estimates topped $100,000. Osceola County declared a local state of emergency. |
| April 2014 | Flood | Marion | $3,000,000 | Osceola central dispatch reported flooding along Muskegon River and also that several roadways were flooded and closed. Severe flooding was reported along the Muskegon River near Evart and Governor Snyder declared a state of disaster for Osceola county. |
| April 2013 | Flood | Tustin | $3,000,000 | Heavy rain caused significant flooding on rivers and streams across Osceola county. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Tustin | $1,000,000 | An emergency manager reported that the Mackinaw trail just south of the Osceola and Wexford county line was washed out. Other small roadways and bridges were also closed due to washouts. A presidential disaster declaration was issued for Osceola county for the flooding. Damage to public infrastructure (mostly road and bridge washouts) was estimated at up to around one million dollars for this event. |
| July 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Leroy | $500,000 | A touchdown occurred at Rose Lake Youth Park causing structural damage to several permanent buildings. Many trees were downed by the wind causing damage to several cars and camper trailers. Trees were blown over near Dighton. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed City | $150,000 | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hersey | $100,000 | Widespread wind damage in the form of downed trees was reported near Hersey. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Roy | $100,000 | A narrow corridor of damaging winds was surveyed near Wells lake. The damage started just west of 170th ave and continued over Wells lake eastward. Several trees were uprooted or snapped west of the lake with winds estimated near 70 mph. More extensive damage was found on the east side of the lake where two boats were flipped and nearly every tree was snapped or uprooted. ||Eyewitness accounts of the winds lasting on the order of minutes as well as the prevalence of damage oriented northwestward suggested straight line winds rather than a tornado. |
| February 2001 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $100,000 | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Reed City | $50,000 | Severe storms brought damaging wind gusts and hail up to one and three quarters inches in diameter. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evart Muni Arpt | $50,000 | The public reported that multiple trees were blown down just west of Evart and across portions of Osceola county. |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed City | $25,000 | Several trees were blown down across area roads. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Roy | $25,000 | Several large trees were blown down and a barn collapsed at 160th avenue and 15 mile road. |
| May 2012 | Flash Flood | Orono | $25,000 | Radar estimated that up to 5 to 7 inches of heavy rain fell across northwest Osceola county, resulting in a few roads that were either flooded or washed out. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evart Muni Arpt | $25,000 | Scattered trees were blown down in and near Evart. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $25,000 | no account filed |
| October 1963 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ina | $20,000 | Several trees were blown down across portions of Osceola county. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Evart | $20,000 | A report of seven eighths inch diameter hail was received three miles northeast of Evart. One inch diameter hail was reported three miles west of Hersey. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Tustin | $20,000 | A report of three quarters inch hail was received two miles east southeast of Tustin. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hersey | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Roy | $15,000 | Several trees were blown down in the area. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed City | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Reed City. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $15,000 | Numerous twelve to fourteen inch diameter trees were blown down in the city of Marion. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evart Muni Arpt | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down near Evart. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hersey | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down along US-10 and in and near Tustin. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dighton | $10,000 | Several trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Dighton | $10,000 | Broadcast media reported one inch diameter hail in Dighton. |
| July 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Tustin | $10,000 | A weak tornado made a brief touchdown in Tustin at 20 Mile Road and the Mackinaw Trail, causing minor damage to one home. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Le Roy | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Marion | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Roy | $7,500 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed City | $5,000 | The public reported that several trees were blown down near US-131. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Evart Muni Arpt | $5,000 | A trained spotter reported hail up to an inch and a quarter in diameter near 100th avenue and 3 mile road. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tustin | $5,000 | Several tree limbs and branches were blown down in and near Tustin. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Central Portion | $5,000 | Three trees were blown down two miles northeast of Stambaugh Corner. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed City | $5,000 | A trained spotter in Reed City reported that two trees were blown down. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Reed City | $5,000 | One inch hail was reported with an isolated early morning thunderstorm in Reed City (Osceola county). |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bristol | $5,000 | Damage to a mobile home and structural damage to a store were reported. A path was cut through some trees near Tustin by straight-line winds. A funnel cloud was sighted in this area eleven minutes later and was believed to be a tornado because of the prior damage. Numerous funnel clouds were sighted across the northern half of the county on this afternoon and evening. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tustin | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tustin | $3,000 | Law enforcement reported three trees blown down two miles north of Leroy and seven eighths inch diameter hail in Leroy. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evart | $2,500 | Large trees downed across a road near Evart, in Osceola Township. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Le Roy | $2,500 | Large trees downed across a road in Le Roy. |
| March 1991 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| August 1977 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evart | $2,000 | A tree and power line were blown down near Evart. |
| November 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marion | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Evart | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ina | $1,000 | A tree and power line were downed at M-115 at 80th avenue. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hersey | $1,000 | Strong winds blew out a garage door in Hersey. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Evart | $1,000 | Power lines were downed in Evart, resulting in power outages. The same thunderstorm sparked lightning fires in LeRoy, in the northwest portion of Osceola County. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dighton | $500 | A touchdown occurred at Rose Lake Youth Park causing structural damage to several permanent buildings. Many trees were downed by the wind causing damage to several cars and camper trailers. Trees were blown over near Dighton. |
| March 1991 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250 | no account filed |
| March 1991 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $250 | no account filed |
Mines and quarries
4 recordedThe Survey's mineral resources record lists 4 workings inside this county. All of them still produce. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 3 |
| Potassium | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hershey Potash Mine | Potassium | Producer | ||
| Cousineau Gravel Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hersey Gravel Products | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Seagraves Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Every populated place in the county
19Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
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Ashton
Lincoln township · 49677 · On Olson Creek · Reed City North quadrangle
13 sheets, 1931 to 1991
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Dewing's
Le Roy township · 49655 · Bristol quadrangle
14 sheets, 1933 to 1989
No longer a settlement
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Gibos Corners
Orient township · 49679 · On Browne Creek · Merrill Lake quadrangle
12 sheets, 1954 to 1991
No longer a settlement
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Orono
Lincoln township · 49677 · On East Branch Hersey Creek · Reed City North quadrangle
13 sheets, 1931 to 1991
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Pisgah Heights
Highland township · 49665 · On Crocker Creek · Marion quadrangle
11 sheets, 1954 to 1989
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Reed City
Reed City city · 49677 · On Hewitt Creek · Reed City North quadrangle
13 sheets, 1931 to 1991
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Slaybaugh Corner
Cedar township · 49677 · On Indian Creek · Slaybaugh Corner quadrangle
13 sheets, 1954 to 1991
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Tustin
Burdell township · 49688 · On Diamond Lake Outlet Creek · Le Roy quadrangle
12 sheets, 1954 to 1989
The vanished settlements of Osceola County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
Provenance
- Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
- Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
- Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
- 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.