Ovid, Michigan
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ovid City. It lies in ZIP code area 48866. It stands on Alder Creek Drain. The Survey maps it on the Ovid East quadrangle. 1,481 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 728 feet above sea level.
On record in Ovid
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
Main Street Building, United Church of Ovidlisted 1972
Population over time
2 figuresOvid fell from 1,603 to 1,481 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 | 1,603 | |
| 2020 | 1,481 | -122 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1918 USGS Elsie quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Elsie quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Ovid East quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Alma quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Ovid between 2018 and 2019, burning about 7 acres in total. None 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OVID-MIDDLEBURY FD 0000092 - 2019 |
| 1 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OVID-MIDDLEBURY FD 0000086 - 2019 |
| 28 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OVID-MIDDLEBURY FD 0000054 - 2019 |
| 28 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ELSIE FD 1900025 - 2019 |
| 26 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OWOSSO TOWNSHIP FD 0000018 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ovid: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Mich Sand & Gravel Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Orlando Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Owosso Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Polhamus Sand and Gravel Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ovid in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ovid | $150,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Ovid | $50,000 | A trained spotter measured baseball sized hail in Ovid and also reported that several trees and wires were blown down. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ovid | $50,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds leveled 2 buildings near the intersection of Hollister and Taft roads in Ovid Township. In addition, several buildings in the area had minor roof damage and several trees were downed. Destroyed buildings were a pole barn and a garage. No one was injured. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ovid | $10,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in Ovid. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ovid | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Ovid | $5,000 | Seven eighths inch hail was reported in Ovid. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ovid | $3,000 | Two trees were blown down and blocked a road in Ovid. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Ovid | - | Public reported quarter-sized hail in Sleepy Hollow State Park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepardsville | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Duplain | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Elsie | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Westchester Heights | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Price | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Saint Johns | 9.9 miles | 14 | |
| Eureka | 10.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bath | 13.5 miles | 14 |
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 Ovid | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2754282 | 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 634234. 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.







