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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.

Ortonville within Oakland County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Ortonville 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,442
20201,376-66 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 2003

Regional 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 use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRANDON FD 0000929 - 2019
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRANDON FD 0000709 - 2018
15 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesSPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP FD 0000601 - 2018
8 June 2018Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRANDON FD 0000615 - 2018
2 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRANDON FD 0000447 - 2018
14 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesLAPEER 01 - ORTONVILLE HILLS
29 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBRANDON FD 0000436 - 2018
26 April 2003Smoking3.7 acresMichigan Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oakland County

Storms near this place

27 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026FloodOrtonville$500,000The 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 2008Thunderstorm WindOrtonville$300,000Numerous trees down and snapped. Tree fell on truck. Gazeboo destroyed. Roof blown off a dugout. Shingle damage to houses.
June 2002LightningOrtonville$30,000A 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 1999Thunderstorm WindOrtonville$20,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindOrtonville$15,000A 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 2011Thunderstorm WindOrtonville$10,000Trees and powerlines down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindOrtonville$10,000Power poles and powerlines blown down.
April 2001LightningOrtonville$10,000Lightning 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 2007Thunderstorm WindOrtonville$3,000A trained spotter reported numerous trees down and siding blown off a home. Winds were estimated at 65 MPH.
September 1999Thunderstorm WindOrtonville$3,000no account filed
April 2013Thunderstorm WindOrtonville$2,000Large tree blown down, along with a reported damaged chimney.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindOrtonville-Multiple trees reported down or sheared.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindOrtonville-A county official estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindOrtonville-Benches flipped and canopies blown over.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindOrtonville-A few trees and numerous large tree branches reported down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindOrtonville-A local newspaper reported multiple trees and power lines down at the Tamarack Camps campground. No injuries nor damages were reported.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindOrtonville-Trained spotter estimated winds at 60 MPH.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindOrtonville-Large trees were reported blown down.
September 2019HailOrtonville-no account filed
July 2012HailOrtonville-no account filed
July 2010HailOrtonville-no account filed
June 2006HailOrtonville-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindOrtonville-no account filed
July 1999HailOrtonville-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindOrtonville-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindOrtonville-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindOrtonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oakland 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
Brandon Gardens1.8 miles13
Perry Lake Heights2.8 miles13
Austin Corners5.6 miles17
Oakwood5.7 miles14
Groveland Corners6.1 miles17
Jossman Acres6.2 miles13
Springfield7.3 miles21
Thomas8.0 miles12

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 OrtonvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1878583The 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.