BlockRamsey, North Dakota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Pelican Township. It lies in ZIP code area 58301. The Survey maps it on the Penn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1932 USGS Grahams Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Grahams Island quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Penn quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Devils Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Leeds quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Penn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Ramsey between 1996 and 2020, burning about 228 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fort Totten Agency | CHARCOAL |
| 9 June 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | ERIC |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | LEE |
| 3 May 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 220 acres | Devil's Lake Wetland Management District | PELICAN LK |
| 2 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | POLE |
| 5 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | MEYER |
| 25 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | PIT |
| 23 October 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fort Totten Agency | BON FYRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ramsey in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2016: 4 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Hail | Ramsey | - | Intermittent dime to quarter sized hail fell near the Mauvais Coulee bridge on county road 19. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ramsey | - | Quarter to half dollar sized hail fell near the bridge at Oswald's Bay. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Ramsey | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Ramsey | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Grand Harbor | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Darby | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Churchs Ferry | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Lakewood Park | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| Camp Grafton | 11.3 miles | 14 | |
| Devils Lake | 11.7 miles | 14 | |
| Sweetwater | 12.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033791. 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.
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.