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Ramsey Station, Nevada

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Silver Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89429. The Survey maps it on the Stockton Flat Well quadrangle.

Ramsey Station within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

11 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Ramsey Station between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,906 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined102 acresCarson City District OfficeLYOX 11
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCarson City District OfficeKARL
22 August 2017Natural1,560 acresCarson City District OfficeMICRO
22 July 2020Natural62 acresCarson City District OfficeCHURCHILL BUTTES
16 July 2010Natural2.0 acresNevada Division of Forestry - Western RegionRAMSEY WEEKS
8 June 2006Equipment and vehicle use150 acresCarson City District OfficeHACKBERRY
25 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCarson City District OfficeCITRUS
23 April 2012Natural6.0 acresCarson City District OfficeRUBY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Ramsey Station: 9 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum. 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
Old Soldier MineMolybdenum, Gold, Lead, Silver, TungstenProspect
Shaft & ProspectsSilver, GoldPast Producer
Talapoosa DepositGold, Silver, Mercury, Copper, Zinc, LeadProducer1864, 1926
Alkali Flat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Silver Springs County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Section 10 Gold ProspectGoldPast ProducerPyrite
Section 12 ShaftsGoldPast Producer
Section 14 ShaftGoldOccurrenceLead
Churchill Butte MineTungstenPast Producer1941

Every working recorded in Lyon 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
Stagecoach3.7 miles22
Nevada Station (historical)4.0 miles22
Silver Springs4.8 miles22
Talapoosa4.8 miles22
Ramsey (historical)6.5 miles22
Marshland (historical)6.7 miles22
Weeks (historical)6.7 miles22
Bucklands Station (historical)7.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 856628. 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.