Ramshaw, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Clinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55751. The Survey maps it on the Eveleth quadrangle.

Ramshaw within St. Louis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1951 USGS Eveleth quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

277 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Ramshaw between 1992 and 2020, burning about 528 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 76 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	76
Debris and open burning	67
Railroad operations and maintenance	54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	27
Equipment and vehicle use	27
Recreation and ceremony	12
Smoking	4
Natural	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Other causes	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

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
9 September 2005	Natural	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 September 2006	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 September 2006	Railroad operations and maintenance	71 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	JUNCTION 101 FIRE
26 September 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
10 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
7 August 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
5 August 2001	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.1 acres	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named
31 August 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Minnesota Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Louis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Ramshaw: 35 past producers, 10 producers, 2 plants, 2 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Manganese, Silica, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cloquet Annex Reserve X-62	Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free	Past Producer	1943
Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 17w	Iron, Water, Free	Prospect	Surface
Security Mine	Iron, Manganese, Silica, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates	Past Producer	1961
Gulbranson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gulbranson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sly Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Aad Mine	Iron	Past Producer	1904
Alice Mine	Iron	Past Producer	Hematite, Magnetite
Alice Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Auburn Mine	Iron	Producer	Hematite, Magnetite

Every working recorded in St. Louis 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Spruce	1.0 miles	12
Iron Junction	1.3 miles	12
Wolf	2.2 miles	12
De Forest	2.2 miles	12
Leonidas	2.4 miles	12
Snowden	2.5 miles	12
Eveleth	3.3 miles	12
Keenan	3.3 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 662247. 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.