Reed City, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Reed City City. It lies in ZIP code area 49677. It stands on Hewitt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Reed City North quadrangle. 2,490 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,040 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresReed City grew from 2,425 to 2,490 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 | 2,425 | |
| 2020 | 2,490 | +65 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1931 USGS Chase NE quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Reed City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Midland quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Reed City North quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Big Rapids quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Reed City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 65 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OSCEOLA 06 |
| 17 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | REED CITY FD 340 - 2020 |
| 30 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | REED CITY FD 387 - 2018 |
| 11 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.6 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | MECOSTA 06 |
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 Reed City: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Potassium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Rapids | Potassium | Prospect | ||
| Hersey Gravel Products | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reed City in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed City | $150,000 | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Reed City | $50,000 | Severe storms brought damaging wind gusts and hail up to one and three quarters inches in diameter. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed City | $25,000 | Several trees were blown down across area roads. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed City | $15,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in Reed City. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed City | $5,000 | The public reported that several trees were blown down near US-131. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reed City | $5,000 | A trained spotter in Reed City reported that two trees were blown down. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Reed City | $5,000 | One inch hail was reported with an isolated early morning thunderstorm in Reed City (Osceola county). |
| February 1997 | Flash Flood | Reed City | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Reed City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hersey | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Orono | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Slaybaugh Corner | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Ashton | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Dewing's (historical) | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Le Roy | 11.6 miles | 12 | |
| Evart | 13.5 miles | 13 | |
| Tustin | 15.9 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 Reed City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2629803 | 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 1621363. 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.








