Ortonville, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Brandon Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48462. It stands on Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ortonville quadrangle. 1,376 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 942 feet above sea level.
On record in Ortonville
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
Ortonville Milllisted 1971
Population over time
2 figuresOrtonville fell from 1,442 to 1,376 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 | 1,442 | |
| 2020 | 1,376 | -66 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1943 USGS Ortonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Ortonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Detroit quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Ortonville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Ortonville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Ortonville between 2003 and 2019, burning about 21 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000929 - 2019 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000709 - 2018 |
| 15 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000601 - 2018 |
| 8 June 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000615 - 2018 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000447 - 2018 |
| 14 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | LAPEER 01 - ORTONVILLE HILLS |
| 29 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BRANDON FD 0000436 - 2018 |
| 26 April 2003 | Smoking | 3.7 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
27 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ortonville in 27 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 19 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 lightning, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Flood | Ortonville | $500,000 | The Village of Holly issued a local state of emergency after flooding damaged pumps at its Waste Water Treatment Plant and impacted hundreds of homes. Water levels rose high enough to enter backyards and sheds. In some neighborhoods, residents reported water reaching the floorboards of their homes. The Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) was forced to close North Holly Road (just north of Quick Road near Holly Middle School) on the evening of April 4. The closure remained in place for several days due to standing water and road instability. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | $300,000 | Numerous trees down and snapped. Tree fell on truck. Gazeboo destroyed. Roof blown off a dugout. Shingle damage to houses. |
| June 2002 | Lightning | Ortonville | $30,000 | A newspaper reported that lightning struck a home in Brandon Township near Ortonville. The lightning hit the garage and set it on fire. No injuries were reported. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | $15,000 | A local newspaper reported multiple trees and power lines down. The Brandon fire chief reported damage to structures, vehicles, and telephone poles and lines. Total damages were estimated at roughly $15K. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | $10,000 | Trees and powerlines down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | $10,000 | Power poles and powerlines blown down. |
| April 2001 | Lightning | Ortonville | $10,000 | Lightning struck a satellite dish outside a Brandon Township residence. The strike followed the outside wiring and entered the home. A fire resulted, and the contents of the basement were lost. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | $3,000 | A trained spotter reported numerous trees down and siding blown off a home. Winds were estimated at 65 MPH. |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | $2,000 | Large tree blown down, along with a reported damaged chimney. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | - | Multiple trees reported down or sheared. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | - | A county official estimated a 60 mph wind gust. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | - | Benches flipped and canopies blown over. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | - | A few trees and numerous large tree branches reported down. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | - | A local newspaper reported multiple trees and power lines down at the Tamarack Camps campground. No injuries nor damages were reported. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | - | Trained spotter estimated winds at 60 MPH. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | - | Large trees were reported blown down. |
| September 2019 | Hail | Ortonville | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Ortonville | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Ortonville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Ortonville | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Ortonville | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ortonville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Gardens | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Perry Lake Heights | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Austin Corners | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Oakwood | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Groveland Corners | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Jossman Acres | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Springfield | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Thomas | 8.0 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 Ortonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1878583 | 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 634118. 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.







