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Ramsey Crossing, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Foresthill-Back Country census division. It lies near Jerry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Devil Peak quadrangle. It stands 3,681 feet above sea level.

Ramsey Crossing within Placer County

Then and now

1891 to 1976

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ramsey Crossing, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Ramsey Crossing, surveyed 1891

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 34 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Ramsey Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,131 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 2 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
Natural20
Recreation and ceremony15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEldorado National ForestRIM 2
6 September 2012Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestELEVEN
4 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
3 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestFREMONT
3 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreEldorado National Forestnot named
29 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTahoe National ForestSPRUCE
29 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreEldorado National ForestGEE
25 September 2011Naturalunder an acreEldorado National ForestDELLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Ramsey Crossing: 7 unknowns, 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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
Big Bar ProspectGoldOccurrence
Big Gold BarGoldUnknown
Clydesdale MineGoldPast Producer
GogginsGoldProducer
GogginsGoldPast Producer
Jack Robinson ClaimGoldOccurrence
Lucky GeorgeGoldUnknown
Mc Kinley MineGoldUnknown
Pat Tuck MineGoldUnknown
Pigeon Roost MineGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Placer 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
Zuver2.9 miles34
McCulloh3.4 miles34
Goggins3.8 miles29
Goggins (historical)3.9 miles29
Gilberts4.5 miles33
Greekstore (historical)5.4 miles29
Ralston (historical)6.5 miles33
Last Chance8.6 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 Q7290212The 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 1656242. 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.