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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2001 Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br />III. COMMUNITY BACKGRQUNJ!) <br /> <br />A. Regional Setting <br /> <br />The City of Ramsey is locatepin~ka County;on~ipfthenortherncounties that make <br />up the seven-county region infWn ~s,the TwinCi~es Metropolitan Area. Two rivers <br />dominate Ramsey's borders.fThe.!Rum River'cseParates Ramsey from the cities of <br />Andover and Anoka to the e,s~ ~1 the Mississippi River. separates Ramsey from <br />Hennepin County and the City,tof D~)fton to the so~th.West of Ramsey is Sherburne <br />County and the City of ElkR!ver, '8I'owing c,om#Iunity and region. The more fully <br />developed ,City of Anoka shar~sFaW$eY'ssoutheas,t~m border. To the north is Burns <br />Township, tone of the few remaip.it1g townships in Anpka County. The City of Oak Grove <br />lies to the northeast <br /> <br />A 1997 sW'Vey by Decision Re~\1l'ce!srevealeC tliatJrlany residents of Ramsey chose to <br />locate here because of its locati~in 1jbe Metropolitan, Area; its housing .0pportUnitie~ and <br />its rural character. Ramsey's ~location nowfmds itself in an area of transition and <br />oftentimes :conflicts between urian ~d rural development patterns. It is situated on the <br />Anoka SaIidplain, a surface g. elll(\)gyi consisting of sandy soils with a high water table <br />. -f.: -. ,,: 0,,_. _ -. c.... -. . <br />resulting iJ,t areas of dry san~Ylupl~<ls suitablefofiprban type developments and wet <br />lowlands tPat are less fitting Ifor 4eyelopment. Its original landscape consisted of <br />scattered gJ-oupings of oaks an4 QpeJ? prairiespntheuplands and wet prairies, marshes <br />and conifer bogs on the lower ljulds.; Today many residents make their homes under or <br />within the . mature oak woods, 'cs~pplemented 'by pine plantings. Wetlands remain a <br />predominant open space feature !in the Ramsey lan.dscape. <br /> <br />Figure m..t Regional Setting <br /> <br />.Il. <br /> <br />N <br /> <br />W+E <br /> <br />S <br /> <br />2001 Ramsey Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br />Page 111-1 <br />