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Ramah, Colorado

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Black Forest-Peyton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80832. The Survey maps it on the Ramah South quadrangle. 111 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,115 feet above sea level.

Ramah within El Paso County

On record in Ramah

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Ramah fell from 123 to 111 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010123
2020111-12 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

9 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Ramah between 2005 and 2018, burning about 174 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEl Paso CountyUNKNOWN
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersSIMLA
2 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
17 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersSIMLA
20 November 2016Arson/incendiarism35 acresCalhan Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
26 October 2018Naturalunder an acreCalhan Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
10 October 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresColorado State Forest Service-State HeadquartersSIMLA
4 January 2013Debris and open burning35 acresCalhan Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in El Paso 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 Ramah: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in El Paso County

Storms near this place

51 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ramah in 51 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 34 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 4 heavy rain. 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
June 2012Tornado (EF1)Ramah$50,000A tornado moved south-southwest into El Paso County from Elbert County. A house was damaged. Four nearby barns, one a dog kennel, were destroyed. Two dogs perished. Another ranch to the south was damaged from the tornado winds and flying debris.
August 2008Tornado (EF1)Ramah$10,000The tornado damaged a barn and threw trash into fencing.
June 2015Tornado (EF1)Ramah$2,000A tornado moved from Elbert County into El Paso County and damaged some trees and road signs. The damage to the trees was consistent with EF1 winds.
June 2015Tornado (EF0)Ramah$2,000A large tornado moved across open country. It missed several ranches and only damaged a outbuilding along Alford Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRamah$300A road sign on Harrisonville Road was bent over by severe microburst winds.
August 2024HailRamah-A public report via mPING reported hail of 1.5 inches in diameter.
August 2024HailRamah-A trained spotter reported hail of 2 inches in diameter via social media with picture.
June 2023Heavy RainRamah-There was 1.16 inches of rain reported.
June 2023Heavy RainRamah-There was 2.18 inches of rain reported.
August 2022Heavy RainRamah-Reported 2.5 inches of rain.
August 2022Heavy RainRamah-Heavy rain reported, 3 inches.
June 2019HailRamah-Public reported golf ball size hail just east of Ramah, CO.
August 2019HailRamah-One inch hail reported.
July 2018HailRamah-Broken windows in home.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRamah-Several sheds destroyed.
June 2015Tornado (EF0)Ramah-A tornado moved east to west from Elbert County into El Paso County and caused no damage across a field in El Paso County.
June 2012Tornado (EF0)Ramah-A rare anticyclonic tornado occurred over open fields causing no damage.
June 2018HailRamah-no account filed
July 2018HailRamah-no account filed
June 2014HailRamah-no account filed
June 2014HailRamah-no account filed
June 2014HailRamah-no account filed
June 2013HailRamah-no account filed
June 2012HailRamah-no account filed
June 2012HailRamah-no account filed
June 2012HailRamah-no account filed
June 2011HailRamah-no account filed
June 2009HailRamah-no account filed
August 2009HailRamah-no account filed
August 2009HailRamah-no account filed
August 2009HailRamah-no account filed
August 2007HailRamah-no account filed
May 2004HailRamah-no account filed
May 2004HailRamah-no account filed
August 2004HailRamah-no account filed
August 2004HailRamah-no account filed
June 2003HailRamah-no account filed
July 2002HailRamah-no account filed
June 2001HailRamah-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRamah-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindRamah-no account filed
May 1999HailRamah-no account filed
August 1999HailRamah-no account filed
August 1998HailRamah-no account filed
August 1997HailRamah-no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindRamah-no account filed
June 1997HailRamah-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindRamah-no account filed
July 1996HailRamah-no account filed
August 1996HailRamah-no account filed
July 1996LightningRamah-no account filed

Every storm recorded in El Paso 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
Alta Vista7.1 miles12
Calhan9.2 miles11
Peyton18.0 miles13
Yoder19.7 miles16
Rush19.8 miles16
Eastonville21.4 miles27
Ellicott22.8 miles18
Truckton26.5 miles17

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.

Wikipedia article on RamahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2275103The 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 203671. 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.