Ramapo, Washington

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Crescent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98363. The Survey maps it on the Lake Sutherland quadrangle.

Ramapo within Clallam County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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.

1919 USGS Port Crescent quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1950 USGS Joyce quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1950 USGS Lake Sutherland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1979 USGS Port Angeles quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Ramapo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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
Recreation and ceremony	25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Debris and open burning	12
Arson/incendiarism	8
Fireworks	6
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Natural	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Other causes	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
9 September 1996	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
8 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	STRIPED PIT FIRE
30 September 1996	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
29 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
27 September 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
26 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	not named
24 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	SPPC
23 September 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters	FISHER COVE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clallam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Ramapo: 9 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Beans	Manganese	Occurrence
Eden Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Fielding Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Fir	Manganese	Unknown	1956
Hemlock Claim	Manganese	Prospect	1956
Hemlock Claim	Manganese	Occurrence	Replacement
King	Manganese	Unknown	1956
Piedmont Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ramapo Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Storm King	Manganese	Occurrence	Replacement

Every working recorded in Clallam 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
Coville	2.9 miles	12
Joyce	2.9 miles	12
Maple Grove	3.0 miles	14
Snug Harbor	3.4 miles	14
Port Crescent	3.8 miles	12
Disque	4.8 miles	15
Piedmont	6.1 miles	15
Elwha	6.3 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1524849. 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.