BlockRamer, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ramer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36069. The Survey maps it on the Ramer quadrangle. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Ramer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Ramer between 1994 and 2018, burning about 421 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20140903-002 |
| 11 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1995 | Smoking | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2000 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ramer in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Ramer | $12,000 | The tornado touched down briefly on Mount Lebanon Road, just to the west of the Gibson community in the southern part of Montgomery County. About 10 trees were snapped or uprooted, the metal roof was blown off a barn, and a home sustained minor shingle damage. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ramer | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Ramer | $2,000 | Quarter size hail was reported south of Ramer. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ramer | - | Numerous trees uprooted across the southern portions of Montgomery County, including Ramer Grady Road. |
| March 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Ramer | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southern Montgomery County, west of the town of Pine Level, and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum winds near 70 mph. Minor tree damage, consisting of primarily broken limbs, was observed from Smith Gamble Road to Woodley Road. A tornado debris signature was noted with this storm. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ramer | - | Powerlines were downed near the intersection of Long Road and Mt. Lebanon Road. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Ramer | - | Penny size hail fell in extreme southern Montgomery County near the Crenshaw and Montgomery County line. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ramer | - | Trees were knocked down near SR 94 and More Road in the Currys Community. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Ramer | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Ramer | - | 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.
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 Ramer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7289365 | 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 153107. 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.