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Ramsey, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47166. It lies near Opossum Trial Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Depauw quadrangle. It stands 705 feet above sea level.

Ramsey within Harrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ramsey in 2017, burning about 76 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
10 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined76 acresHoosier National ForestJENNY HOLLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ramsey: 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, 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
Fluorite Occurrence #2Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Fluorite Occurrence #2Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
John S. Davis PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Milltown Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Harrison County

Storms near this place

22 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ramsey in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 12 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
March 2017Thunderstorm WindRamsey$25,000A trained spotter reported a roof was blown off a concrete block dugout at a youth softball field behind North Harrison High School.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindRamsey-Multiple trees were down across northern Harrison County.
June 2023HailRamsey-Report came in from Mping.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindRamsey-Dispatch reported 5 or 6 power poles were down on State Road 64 in Ramsey.
March 2019HailRamsey-Hail was reported in Ramsey, Indiana.
April 2016FloodRamsey-A Harrison County official reported roads with water flowing over them.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindRamsey-A spotter estimated a 65mph wind gust along leading edge of squall line.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindRamsey-Mesonet measured a 60 mph wind gust.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindRamsey-Three trees were downed.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindRamsey-Numerous large trees and power lines down.
April 2025HailRamsey-no account filed
June 2023HailRamsey-no account filed
April 2017HailRamsey-no account filed
April 2017HailRamsey-no account filed
April 2012HailRamsey-no account filed
May 2011HailRamsey-no account filed
June 2009HailRamsey-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRamsey-no account filed
April 2006HailRamsey-no account filed
April 2002HailRamsey-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindRamsey-no account filed
May 1996HailRamsey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harrison 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
Fairdale0.9 miles14
Corydon Junction3.2 miles13
Frenchtown3.2 miles14
New Salisbury3.2 miles13
Depauw3.4 miles14
Mott Station3.8 miles13
Central Barren4.2 miles13
Hancock Chapel4.2 miles14

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 RamseyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7290189The 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 441756. 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.