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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.

Ramirez within Yuba County

Then and now

1888 to 1993

The 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 sheet of Ramirez, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Ramirez, surveyed 1888

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

315 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined141
Equipment and vehicle use74
Debris and open burning62
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Firearms and explosives use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHONCUT
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte UnitLOWER
9 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitOSWALT
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitHIGHWAY 70
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreButte UnitPALERMO
6 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitROLLIN
30 September 2011Debris and open burning26 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitLOMA
3 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitLOMA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yuba County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownGoldOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Yuba County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2025FloodRamirez-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding at Central House Road from Lone Tree Road to Palermo Honcut Highway.
January 2023FloodRamirez-The California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding in the Yuba Sutter area, along the southbound lane of Mathews Lane at Ramirez Rd.

Every storm recorded in Yuba 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
Coombs (historical)2.0 miles21
Tambo2.8 miles25
Bliss (historical)3.1 miles21
Iowa City3.7 miles27
Olive Hill3.9 miles27
Mello4.4 miles25
Browns Valley7.1 miles27
Loma Rica7.1 miles27

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 Q7289597The 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.