Ramsey, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Eagle Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78935. The Survey maps it on the Alleyton quadrangle.

Ramsey within Colorado County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Alleyton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Ramsey: 13 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Thurstenburg Pit	Silica	Producer
Anday Corp Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
B and B Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand
Benevidez Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand
Gulf Coast Road Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Jayray Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand
Stafford Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Colorado 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
Atascosito Crossing (historical)	2.7 miles	11
Laban	4.2 miles	11
Helms	5.4 miles	10
Eagle Lake	5.7 miles	10
Alleyton	5.8 miles	11
Altair	6.3 miles	10
Mentz	6.9 miles	10
Lakeside	7.2 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378929. 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.

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.