Lake Odessa, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Odessa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48849. It stands on Tupper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Odessa quadrangle. 1,994 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 866 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLake Odessa fell from 2,018 to 1,994 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 | 2,018 | |
| 2020 | 1,994 | -24 (-1%) |
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.
- 1916 USGS Ionia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Ionia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Ionia quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Lake Odessa quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Lake Odessa between 2015 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000090 - 2018 |
| 7 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000045 - 2019 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | CAMPBELL TOWNSHIP FD 66 - 2018 |
| 17 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 57 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 02 |
| 11 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SUNFIELD FD 2018093 - 2018 |
| 29 February 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000027 - 2020 |
| 18 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BARRY 02 - BARRY GROUND FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lake Odessa: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ionia Co. Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ionia Co. Road Comm. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Odessa in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Lightning | Lake Odessa | 1 hurt | A 15-year-old boy was struck by lightning around 2 PM EDT Tuesday, July 8, 1997, behind the rectory of St. Edward Catholic Church in Lake Odessa. Luke Stebbins was taken to Pennock Hospital in Hastings by rescue personnel, where doctors were able to resuscitate him. Lake Odessa Police Chief John Shaw said Stebbins suffered a heart attack and some swelling of the brain when he was struck. The boy was transferred to Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids later that evening in critical condition. On July 23rd, he was transferred to Mary Freebed Hospital for rehabilitation. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Lake Odessa | $500,000 | Hail up to tennis ball sized was reported across portions of Ionia county. It did considerable damage to area roofs and siding of homes. |
| June 2021 | Tornado (EF1) | Lake Odessa | $250,000 | An NWS storm survey determined that an EF-1 tornado occurred north of Lake Odessa. Multiple homes and barns were damaged at the following locations: Bippley/Jordan Lake Road, Ainsworth Road, and Harwood Road. Convergent tracks were observed through corn and wheat fields. Trees were blown down or snapped. Wood power poles were snapped on Clarksville Road near the end point of the tornado. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Lake Odessa | $20,000 | Broadcast media reported three quarters inch hail in Lake Odessa. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Odessa | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Odessa | $10,000 | Trained spotters reported multiple large trees down across parts of the county. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Odessa | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Odessa | $5,000 | Local area law enforcement reported that several trees were blown down in Campbell and Odessa Townships. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Odessa | $2,500 | Numerous trees downed and pea-sized hail reported from a severe thunderstorm. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Odessa | - | A peak wind gust to 60 mph was measured near Lake Odessa. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Odessa | - | Tree limbs and branches up to 6 inches in diameter were broken off. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Corners | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| West Sebewa | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Clarksville | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Berlin Center | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Tremaine Corners | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sebewa Corners | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Elmdale | 10.3 miles | 12 | |
| Saranac | 10.7 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 Lake Odessa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2106605 | 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 629988. 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.
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.







