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Ramsey, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Gadsden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35954. It stands on Millers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Steele quadrangle.

Ramsey within Etowah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

153 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Ramsey between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,213 acres in total. None started naturally. 58 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
Arson/incendiarism58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Debris and open burning42
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160907-9
4 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning7.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Debris and open burning35 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-30
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNER-20150924-002
24 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Etowah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Ramsey: 7 past producers, 6 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Cobalt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Greasy CoveManganese, Nickel, CobaltOccurrence
Greasy Cove ProspectManganese, CobaltPast ProducerPyrolusite
Carroll QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerChert
Osborn Pit No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Osborn Pit Number 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Greasy Cove DepositManganesePast Producer1934
Sewell DepositManganesePast Producer1949
Attalla Iron Ore Prospect No 2IronOccurrence
Attalla Iron Ore Prospect No 3IronOccurrence
Garigues GapIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Etowah County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Pleasant Valley1.3 miles19
Lester1.6 miles22
Curtiston1.6 miles22
Shiloh1.7 miles22
Stanfield (historical)1.7 miles19
Lewin (historical)2.0 miles22
Siberton2.2 miles22
Shahan (historical)2.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 153109. 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.