The US Forest Service's Roscoe Fire Management Unit includes Ogemaw and Roscommon Counties.

[10] Prominent geographic features include: At the 2000 United States census,[18] there were 25,469 people, 11,250 households, and 7,616 families residing in the county.

Wildlife are nearby, including bear, deer, eagles, Kirtland's warblers, and turkeys.

The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, records deeds, mortgages, and vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of social services.

The county board of commissioners controls the budget and has limited authority to make laws or ordinances.

In Michigan, most local government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc.