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Ramsey, Minnesota

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Ramsey City. It lies in ZIP code area 55303. The Survey maps it on the Nowthen quadrangle. 27,646 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.

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Ramsey within Anoka County

On record in Ramsey

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

Ramsey grew from 23,668 to 27,646 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
201023,668
202027,646+3,978 (+17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Ramsey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 869 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 burning24
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
8 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 May 2018Recreation and ceremony10 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anoka County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ramsey: 1 producer. 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
Anoka PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Anoka County

Storms near this place

45 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ramsey in 45 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 27 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning. 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
September 2006Tornado (F0)Ramsey$50,000The tornado that tore through northern Hennepin County crossed into Anoka County, tracking for one mile in the city of Ramsey before dissipating. The tornado was rated F2 based on damage in Hennepin County, but in Anoka County, it was rated F0. The maximum width in Anoka County was 25 yards, but the maximum width of the tornado was 100 yards in Hennepin County.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindRamsey-Photo report via social media of multiple large trees snapped.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindRamsey-There were a few trees blown down north of Ramsey.
July 2016Flash FloodRamsey-The intersection of Highway 47 and 167th Street in Ramsey, was flooded and had water levels as high as vehicle hoods.
July 2016Heavy RainRamsey-A trained spotter measured 4.50 inches of rain near Ramsey.
May 2012Heavy RainRamsey-A local observer measured 3.21 inches in the last 24 hours.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRamsey-Several large trees were blown down near Ramsey.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRamsey-A 30 foot diameter pine tree was snapped off.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRamsey-A wind sensor measured 59 mph near Anoka, and another wind sensor measured 56 mph near Ramsey at 0957 CST.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRamsey-A 10 inch diameter tree was uprooted.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRamsey-Numerous 1-2 foot diameter trees were blown down.
July 2007HailRamsey-Hail began as nickel size at 1458.
August 2006HailRamsey-One inch tree branches down. Some minor street flooding.
September 2006Thunderstorm WindRamsey-Semi-trailer blown into power poles. Wall blown out of furniture store along U.S. Highway 10.
September 2005HailRamsey-An RV dealershp saw all 140 vehicles damaged by hail, including 12 that were totaled. Hail larger than golf balls went through grills and dented radiators.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindRamsey-Five inch diameter branches were downed.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindRamsey-Nine power poles along County Road 5 and 167th Ave. were snapped. The time was estimated.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindRamsey-Several trees down.
May 1998LightningRamsey-House struck by lightning.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindRamsey-Gas station roof damaged.
July 2023HailRamsey-no account filed
August 2019HailRamsey-no account filed
August 2019HailRamsey-no account filed
August 2019HailRamsey-no account filed
August 2019HailRamsey-no account filed
July 2019HailRamsey-no account filed
July 2019HailRamsey-no account filed
July 2009HailRamsey-no account filed
May 2008HailRamsey-no account filed
May 2008HailRamsey-no account filed
May 2008HailRamsey-no account filed
May 2008HailRamsey-no account filed
May 2008HailRamsey-no account filed
September 2005HailRamsey-no account filed
September 2005HailRamsey-no account filed
April 2004HailRamsey-no account filed
April 2002HailRamsey-no account filed
September 2002HailRamsey-no account filed
June 2001HailRamsey-no account filed
May 2001HailRamsey-no account filed
May 2001HailRamsey-no account filed
June 1998HailRamsey-no account filed
June 1998HailRamsey-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindRamsey-no account filed
June 1997HailRamsey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Anoka 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
Itasca Village (historical)3.1 miles15
Nowthen4.7 miles16
Anoka5.5 miles19
Thompson Heights8.0 miles20
Oak Grove8.5 miles16
Andover8.6 miles20
Constance8.7 miles16
Thompson Riverview Terrace9.5 miles20

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 Q1992875The 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 659677. 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.