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Ramsey, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Spirit Lake-Athol census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83858. The Survey maps it on the Hayden quadrangle.

Ramsey within Kootenai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Ramsey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 245 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 6 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
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Natural24
Recreation and ceremony14
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1

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 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsN. EDWARDS PILE
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCHICKEN COOP
6 September 2011Smokingunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEAST OHIO MATCH
4 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSCARCELLO
3 September 2017Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsALTAMONT ROAD
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsALBERTICA
24 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEL DORADO
22 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsNORTH CIRCLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kootenai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Ramsey: 9 producers, 5 past producers, 2 unknowns. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gish PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Powder Horn PitStoneProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kootenai County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ramsey in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 funnel cloud. 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 2023Funnel CloudRamsey-Two observer reported seeing a funnel cloud. The first was North of Hayden. 15 minutes later another report was submitted Northwest of Post Falls. There was no damage reported.

Every storm recorded in Kootenai 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
Twinlow2.7 miles16
Garwood2.8 miles15
Sturgeon3.0 miles15
Chilco3.3 miles17
Excelsior Beach3.8 miles16
Echo Beach4.0 miles16
North Pole4.5 miles16
Silver Sands Beach4.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397082. 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.