Ramirez, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Marysville Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95901. The Survey maps it on the Honcut quadrangle. It stands 95 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1888 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 105 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1888 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1912 USGS Honcut quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Gridley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Honcut quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Yuba City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
315 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 315 fires within 5 miles of Ramirez between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,989 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 | 141 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 74 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Butte Unit | HONCUT |
| 9 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Unit | LOWER |
| 9 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | OSWALT |
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | HIGHWAY 70 |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Butte Unit | PALERMO |
| 6 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | ROLLIN |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | LOMA |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit | LOMA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ramirez: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ramirez in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Flood | Ramirez | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at Central House Road from Lone Tree Road to Palermo Honcut Highway. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Ramirez | - | The California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding in the Yuba Sutter area, along the southbound lane of Mathews Lane at Ramirez Rd. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coombs (historical) | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Tambo | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Bliss (historical) | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Iowa City | 3.7 miles | 27 | |
| Olive Hill | 3.9 miles | 27 | |
| Mello | 4.4 miles | 25 | |
| Browns Valley | 7.1 miles | 27 | |
| Loma Rica | 7.1 miles | 27 |
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 Q7289597 | 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 1659463. 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.









