BlockRamsay, Michigan
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Bessemer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49959. It stands on Little Black River. The Survey maps it on the Wakefield quadrangle.
On record in Ramsay
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Main Street-Black River Bridgelisted 1999 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Iron River quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Ramsay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BESSEMER FD 0200913 - 2020 |
| 7 May 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WAKEFIELD FD 0540001 - 2020 |
| 30 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ottawa National Forest | JOHNSON ROAD |
| 17 October 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 56 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Ramsay: 38 past producers, 14 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Lead Prospect | Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Cebolski Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Les Johnson Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Randall Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Anvil-Palms-Keeweenaw Group | Iron | Past Producer | 1886, 1887 | |
| Anvil-Palms-Keweenaw Group | Iron | Past Producer | 1887, 1957 | |
| Castile-Meteor Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Secondary Enrichment | |
| Chicago Mines (Sparta) | Iron | Past Producer | 1892, 1915 | |
| Chicago- Includes Former Sparta | Iron | Past Producer | 1892 | |
| Colby Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1884, 1923 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1621339. 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.