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Ramsey, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Laytonville-Leggett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95454. It stands on North Fork Eel River. The Survey maps it on the Updegraff Ridge quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.

Ramsey within Mendocino County

Then and now

1920 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 61 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, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Ramsey, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Ramsey between 1994 and 2018, burning about 295 acres in total. 9 started naturally. None was 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
3 September 2003Natural1.0 acresMendocino UnitLIGHTING 86
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLONE PINE
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHORSE RANCH
6 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitMINA
30 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use40 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMINA
6 July 1994Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresMendocino UnitNCRA #5
4 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMendocino UnitUP DEGRAFF 1 LIGHTNING
4 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresMendocino UnitH. RANCH LIGHTNING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ramsey: 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Island MountainCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1942
Island Mountain ConsolidatedCopper, Silver, Gold, IronPast ProducerReplacement
Northwestern Pacific Railroad CoStoneUnknown
F J Long ProspectManganeseProspect1918
F. J. LongManganeseProspect
Island Mountain ConsolidatedCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Mina4.7 miles14
Spyrock6.6 miles15
Delmonico Place6.8 miles14
Bell Springs7.5 miles15
Jim Leggett Place7.7 miles15
Ralph Leggett Place8.2 miles15
Dunlap Place8.2 miles15
River Garden (historical)8.9 miles15

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 Q648030The 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 252773. 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.