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Ramada, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Durham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95965. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shippee quadrangle. It stands 138 feet above sea level.

Ramada within Butte County

Then and now

1891 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ramada, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Ramada, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

243 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Ramada between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,667 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 use105
Missing data/not specified/undetermined95
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1

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
8 September 1995Smoking1.0 acresButte UnitEXOTIC
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte Unit99
6 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresButte Unit99
6 September 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresButte UnitDURNELL
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresButte UnitRICHVALE
4 September 2006Debris and open burning1.2 acresButte UnitEXOTIC
4 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitWEIR
30 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionNELSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ramada: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Table Mountain Clay Products CoClayUnknown
Central Sand and Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Stearns Sand and Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Butte 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
Blavo1.6 miles26
Shippee1.6 miles26
Nelson2.9 miles27
Oroville Junction4.5 miles26
Esquon4.6 miles27
Richvale4.6 miles22
Wicks Corner5.1 miles29
Kramm6.7 miles29

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.

Wikidata item Q7288703The 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 1659460. 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.