+StarBrand Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 This one is really for the rural cachers out there. What percentage of caches within 25 miles of home are yours? For me: There are 20 caches and 16 of them are mine for - 84% Two of the other 4 are all from cachers that I intoduced to caching. Take mine away the area looks pretty grim. I have about 8 more planned sometime in the near future. Quote Link to comment
+Team Perks Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 (edited) Out of the 1775 caches within 25 miles of my house, a whopping TWO (0.1127%) of them are mine (three if you count one I adopted). Edited August 3, 2005 by Team Perks Quote Link to comment
+Kit Fox Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 Within a 25 mile radius of my house, there are 397 active caches. of the 397 caches, 44 are mine for a total of 11% Quote Link to comment
+KKTH3 Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 We have 45 active caches within 25 miles of our house - 47% of those are ours. Thankfully our caches have boosted this area up to one of the most cache dense areas in the entire state! Of the caches we don't own, more are owned by cachers that do not cache anymore or live out of state. Extend the radius to 50 miles and we have even more caches from out-of-state cachers named Starbrand. However, all that being said - there is a lot more caching activity here now than compared to one year ago (We found our first cache August 1, 2004 so I remember the climate well.) Living in this rural of an area does make it hard to get geocaching off the ground. We took about 9 months to get our first find after signing up on the site and the biggest reason was it was depressing to only see 7 caches we could go to within 50 miles of our house when we first signed up. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted August 3, 2005 Author Share Posted August 3, 2005 We have 45 active caches within 25 miles of our house - 47% of those are ours. Thankfully our caches have boosted this area up to one of the most cache dense areas in the entire state! Of the caches we don't own, more are owned by cachers that do not cache anymore or live out of state. Extend the radius to 50 miles and we have even more caches from out-of-state cachers named Starbrand. However, all that being said - there is a lot more caching activity here now than compared to one year ago (We found our first cache August 1, 2004 so I remember the climate well.) Living in this rural of an area does make it hard to get geocaching off the ground. We took about 9 months to get our first find after signing up on the site and the biggest reason was it was depressing to only see 7 caches we could go to within 50 miles of our house when we first signed up. Somebody had to get them out there. I graduated from NCHS in '84, Lived in Lusk for 5 years, graduated from UW and my wife's father still lives in Casper. Make it up that way 2 - 3 times a year and across the border a bit closer 8 - 9 times a year. Still have season tickets to War Memorial. I consider myself more Cowboy than Cornhusker. Quote Link to comment
+Contryguy Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 This one is really for the rural cachers out there. What percentage of caches within 25 miles of home are yours? For me: There are 20 caches and 16 of them are mine for - 84% Two of the other 4 are all from cachers that I intoduced to caching. Take mine away the area looks pretty grim. I have about 8 more planned sometime in the near future. There are 125 caches within 25 miles of my home 30 are mine and 24 are my son's. When we started there were 5 caches within 25 miles. Glad to see the sport growing and getting new blood and new ideas for cache hides. Quote Link to comment
+JT & PJ Cole Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 There are 33 caches within 25 miles of us, and 3 are ours, or nearly 10%. Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 This one is really for the rural cachers out there.... I don't really understand what you mean by rural cacher. Although I live and own 3 caches in an urban area (that's .68% within a 25 mile radius of my home coordinates), nearly all of my finds are rural. 70% of my owned caches are more than 40 miles from my home. 50% of my owned (adopted) caches are more than 1,800 miles from my home; all five of them are rated Difficulty 5. So I'm still not clear on what you mean by rural cacher. Quote Link to comment
+KKTH3 Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 I'd think the point was about living in an area where there are relatively few caches/cachers so that your own caching in the area made up a sizeable portion of what is available in your area. Out in this part of the world there is not one single city with a population greater than 60,000 within a 200 mile radius of my house. Using the law of averages of how many caches exist per 100,000 people it stands that there are less caches to choose from in this area. sept1c_tank, you seem to be more the exception than the rule in that you prefer and choose to place caches a decent distance away from your home. There isn't anything wrong with that but I think Starbrand's key line in the OP is the comment that if his own caches all went away there would be a significant change in the caching environment in Western Nebraska. Now look at your own caches - if the 3 you have in the urban area dissappeared one night, would the cachers in your area notice? Now compare it to the ones you place away from home - would the cachers that frequent those areas the most notice if all of those caches dissappeared one night? The results are likely very different Quote Link to comment
+copper_toad Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 This one is really for the rural cachers out there.... I don't really understand what you mean by rural cacher. Although I live and own 3 caches in an urban area (that's .68% within a 25 mile radius of my home coordinates), nearly all of my finds are rural. 70% of my owned caches are more than 40 miles from my home. 50% of my owned (adopted) caches are more than 1,800 miles from my home; all five of them are rated Difficulty 5. So I'm still not clear on what you mean by rural cacher. To me, rural means you have to drive more than 25 miles to get to the nearest grocery store, so you stock up and keep a full pantry because there is no quick run to the store to get the ingredients to make that manicotti somebody had a craving for. There are 13 within the 25 mile radius and that is with all three of mine, so if I did my math right, that puts it at a tad over 23%. Before I placed mine, the nearest one was over 15 miles away. There are MANY dead zones in my area, but I am trying to work on them! Just have to keep looking for the right spots. Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted August 3, 2005 Share Posted August 3, 2005 ...sept1c_tank, you seem to be more the exception than the rule... People keep telling me that... Quote Link to comment
+ChileHead Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 I have 598 caches within 25 miles of my house, 39 are mine, for 6.5% Quote Link to comment
+Salvelinus Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 (edited) This one is really for the rural cachers out there.... I don't really understand what you mean by rural cacher. Although I live and own 3 caches in an urban area (that's .68% within a 25 mile radius of my home coordinates), nearly all of my finds are rural. 70% of my owned caches are more than 40 miles from my home. 50% of my owned (adopted) caches are more than 1,800 miles from my home; all five of them are rated Difficulty 5. So I'm still not clear on what you mean by rural cacher. I agree! Dosn't sound like many of the responses live in areas I would consider rural. What you are getting is what percentage of the local caches have you placed. I have 63 within 25 miles, which is the lowest number I've seen posted, and 8 are mine. However, I live very near Penn State University which I would not consider rural at all. Why would anyone hide caches much farther than 25 miles from their home coordinates? Maintenance becomes much more difficult. Salvelinus Edited August 4, 2005 by Salvelinus Quote Link to comment
+hikergps Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 15 caches, 2 of them are mine. Roughly 13%. I live in a fairly rural area. The town I live in is about 1800 people, and is the county seat. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted August 4, 2005 Author Share Posted August 4, 2005 I have 63 within 25 miles, which is the lowest number I've seen posted, and 8 are mine. However, I live very near Penn State University which I would not consider rural at all. Why would anyone hide caches much farther than 25 miles from their home coordinates? Maintenance becomes much more difficult. Ummmm 3 things 1 - rural (in this threads context) means lives in a sparsely populated area. 2 - the OP and KKTH both have lower total caches with 25 miles 3 - I have caches upwards of 175 miles away but I regularly get out and around the area and it is VERY sparsely populated - all my hides are in west nebraska and Eastern Wyoming. Combined total population of around 200,000 in an area as big as many larger states. Quote Link to comment
+welch Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 100 caches in 25.5 miles, 28 are mine so about 28% Quote Link to comment
+WhatsRNutts Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 146 in 25 miles...2 are mine. Quote Link to comment
+ParrotRobAndCeCe Posted August 4, 2005 Share Posted August 4, 2005 For me: There are 20 caches and 16 of them are mine for - 84% I think you have one of those defective math chips in your calculator ... Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted August 4, 2005 Author Share Posted August 4, 2005 For me: There are 20 caches and 16 of them are mine for - 84% I think you have one of those defective math chips in your calculator ... Or fat fingers.......sigh 80% Quote Link to comment
+steve_c Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 I live rurally but not far from one of the more active caching areas in Norway, though immediately around my home I'm the only one currently active that I know of. Hence I placed 9 of the 60 within 25 miles. Quote Link to comment
vhs07 Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 I live near the middle coast of Texas (Victoria) and we have 34 caches within 25 miles. 25 are micros, 8 are regular, and 1 is a virtual. I've hidden 6 of those. Three micros, and three regular caches. I started around the 1st of April of this year. Then there was only 8. 4 micros, 4 regulars. ( two of those are now disabled) So things are picking up around here. Charles Quote Link to comment
+Metaphor Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 If I negate the caches on the other side of the Chesapeake Bay (12.5 miles away, but necessitating a mimimum 100+ mile drive), there are 12 caches withing a 25 mile range from my home. Of those 12, 5 are mine. Extend that to 35 miles, and there are 22 caches, of which 9 are mine. Quote Link to comment
Paulcet Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 (edited) 6 caches total within 25 miles of my home. One is mine, for a %'age of 17. Working on my second hide, a multi. <edit:> Not counting temporarily disabled caches, that's 4 total within 25 miles of my house. Within 25 miles of 30458, there are 7 total. Edited August 5, 2005 by Paulcet Quote Link to comment
Radman Forever Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 From Mount Pleasant, Michigan (48858) there are 62 caches. Of the 62, 7 are owned by me. 7/62=11.29%. Quote Link to comment
+Big Dawgg & Cardinal Girl Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 (edited) 35 caches within 25 miles of me. 13 of those belong to me and my wife. Slowly getting more cachers putting more caches out in this area. If you go out 30 miles 43 caches of which 19 belong to us. Edited August 5, 2005 by Big Dawgg Quote Link to comment
+BooBooBee Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 This one is really for the rural cachers out there. What percentage of caches within 25 miles of home are yours? For me: There are 20 caches and 16 of them are mine for - 84% Two of the other 4 are all from cachers that I intoduced to caching. Take mine away the area looks pretty grim. I have about 8 more planned sometime in the near future. There are 154 caches within 25 mile radius of my home. Of those, I've placed 38...hmmm...interesting. Though we're midway (more or less) between two large metro areas, the caching community here is quite small. It's been a nice way to meet new friends, though. Some of those I've introduced to caching are now avidly placing caches. (thank heavens! I'm almost out of ammo cans!) Quote Link to comment
+TresOkies Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 Currently, there are 20 caches within 25 miles and 4 of them are mine for an even 20%. Whatever that is worth. Quote Link to comment
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