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Ramsey, Arizona

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bisbee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85615. It stands on Ramsey Peak. The Survey maps it on the Miller Peak quadrangle.

Ramsey within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

333 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 333 fires within 5 miles of Ramsey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,437 acres in total. 50 started naturally. 7 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
Recreation and ceremony192
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Natural50
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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
29 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestBEAR CAMP
29 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestMILLER CAMP
28 September 2002Natural3.0 acresCoronado National ForestVISTA
28 September 2002Natural45 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State OfficeVISTA FIRE
27 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestHUNTER II
27 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestLOWER CARR
21 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestSTUMP
21 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestMC CORMACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Ramsey: 31 past producers, 8 producers, 6 prospects, 5 occurrences. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Silver. 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
Armistice MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer1941, 1949
Armistice MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer1940
Baumkirchner MineGold, Lead, Silver, Copper, ZincProspect1925
Baumkirscher MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Cave Creek Canyon MineZinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerReplacement
Columbia Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Copper Glance MineCopper, Gold, SilverProducer1913, 1918
Corbett Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Eureka Canyon Zeolite OccurrenceZeolitesOccurrenceUnknown
Eureka MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer1900

Every working recorded in Cochise County

Storms near this place

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ramsey in 1 storm report in 2010: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2010Flash FloodRamsey$1,000Torrential rainfall in the Huachuca Mountains led to flash flooding at the Ramsey Canyon Preserve. USGS rain gauges measured 3.82 inches of rainfall, leading to rapid rises in Ramsey Creek. Ramsey Canyon Road was closed at Calle Metate due to flooding and debris.

Every storm recorded in Cochise 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
Bledsoe0.3 miles23
Nicksville3.4 miles19
Sierra Vista Estates4.0 miles23
Black Bear Spring4.3 miles23
Sunnyside5.0 miles24
Coronado Village7.3 miles26
De Anza Village7.5 miles26
Village Meadows7.5 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 33353. 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.