Osseo, Michigan
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49266. It stands on Otto Drain. The Survey maps it on the North Adams quadrangle. It stands 1,106 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS North Adams quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Osseo between 1996 and 2020, burning about 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WOODBRIDGE TWP FIRE/RESCUE F202027 - 2020 |
| 5 August 2018 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HILLSDALE CITY FD 0000796 - 2018 |
| 19 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PITTSFORD-JEFFERSON FIRE/RESCUE 19056 - 2019 |
| 18 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | HUDSON FD 0000091 - 2018 |
| 30 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PITTSFORD-JEFFERSON FIRE/RESCUE 20028 - 2020 |
| 9 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PITTSFORD-JEFFERSON FIRE/RESCUE 19021 - 2019 |
| 5 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PITTSFORD-JEFFERSON FIRE/RESCUE 19027 - 2019 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | PITTSFORD-JEFFERSON FIRE/RESCUE 18036 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osseo in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osseo | $20,000 | Partial barn collapse. Barn looks old and in poor condition. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osseo | $10,000 | Hillsdale County Emergency Operations reported trees and electrical wires downed 3 miles southeast of Hillsdale near Osseo and Pleasant Lake, in Jefferson Township. Power was cut for approximately 400 Consumers Energy customers. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osseo | $5,000 | The public reports that trees are down. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osseo | $5,000 | Trees and power lines reported blown down near Osseo. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osseo | $5,000 | Hillsdale County Central Dispatch reported power lines downed in Osseo and Jefferson Township. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osseo | - | Several power lines and trees down in Jefferson Township. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Osseo | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Osseo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steamburg | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Fountain Park | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Pittsford | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Shadyside | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hillsdale | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| North Adams | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Locust Corners | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Ransom | 7.6 miles | 10 |
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 Osseo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q123312277 | 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 634143. 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.




