Ringgold, Georgia

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Ringgold census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30736. It stands on Little Chickamauga Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ringgold quadrangle. 3,414 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 778 feet above sea level.

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Ringgold within Catoosa County

On record in Ringgold

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 6 records

Catoosa County Courthouselisted 2006
Ringgold Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1992
Ringgold Depotlisted 1978
Ringgold Gap Battlefieldlisted 2011
Stone Churchlisted 1979
Whitman-Anderson Houselisted 1977

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 047-00820F-00347E, County Road 382 Spanning Chickamauga Creek, Ringgoldfederal building survey, 8 photographs

Population over time

2 figures

Ringgold fell from 3,580 to 3,414 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	3,580
2020	3,414	-166 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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.

1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1935 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:24000
1946 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 047-00820F-00347E, County Road 382 Spanning Chickamauga Creek, Ringgold, Catoosa County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

589 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 589 fires within 5 miles of Ringgold between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,494 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 86 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
Debris and open burning	312
Arson/incendiarism	86
Equipment and vehicle use	78
Smoking	37
Misuse of fire by a minor	30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23
Recreation and ceremony	10
Natural	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	4

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 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-CATOOSA-008
9 September 1998	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-CATOOSA-005
8 September 1998	Debris and open burning	2.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-CATOOSA-006
5 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ringgold: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Unnamed	Iron	Past Producer	Strataform, Concordant
Clark Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Fry Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Graysville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hales Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Tunnel Hill Distr.		Past Producer	Residual

Every working recorded in Catoosa County

Storms near this place

44 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ringgold in 44 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 24 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$50,000	The Catoosa County Emergency Management Director reported that 12 trees were blown down southwest of Ringgold. One tree fell on a home and another fell on a vehicle. A barn was also damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2006	Lightning	Ringgold	$25,000	The Catoosa County 911 Center reported that lightning struck and set on fire the roof of the Shaw Plant on Industrial Boulevard.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$15,000	The public reported that at least four large trees were blown down. One was down on U.S. Highway 41 near Cloud Spring Road, and another was blown down onto a parked car on Pine Grove Road.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$6,500	Thunderstorm winds knocked over an old barn and caused minor damage to a home. Originally it was reported as a tornado, but upon inspection by county EMA officials, it was downgraded to straightline thunderstorm winds.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$6,000	In the southern portions of the county, thunderstorm winds knocked down trees, power lines and utility poles. Winds were estimated at 60 mph, as shingles were ripped off the roof of Firestation number 2.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$5,000	Multiple trees down in ringgold .
July 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$4,000	The public reported trees blown down on the northeast side of Ringgold from Marilyn Circle to Creeks Bend Drive, where a falling tree damaged the gutter on a home.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$3,000	The Catoosa County 911 center reported that trees were down on power lines causing several power outages in the Ringgold area.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$3,000	The Catoosa county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down on the south side of Ringgold and across the south part of the county.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$3,000	The Catoosa county 911 center reported that several more trees and power lines were blown down in the area.
March 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$3,000	The Catoosa county 911 center reported that several trees and power lines were blown down along Interstate 75. Several barrels were also blown off the interstate in this area.
February 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$2,500	The Catoosa County 911 Center reported multiple trees down in and near Ringgold, including along Holcomb Road, Old Tunnel Road, Smith Chapel Road, LaFayette Road and Highway 41.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$2,000	Catoosa 911 reported several trees and power lines were downed across the county by thunderstorm winds.
January 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$1,500	The Catoosa County Emergency Manager reported that several trees were blown down in Ringgold.
August 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$1,000	A amateur radio operator reported a tree blown down at the intersection of Highway 41 and State Spur 151.
February 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$1,000	The Catoosa County 911 Center reported that three to four trees were down in the northeast part of the county, east of Ringgold.
March 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$1,000	The Catoosa county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$1,000	The Catoosa county 911 center reported that several trees were blown down.
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$1,000	The Catoosa county 911 center reported that some trees were blown down.
July 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$500	The Catoosa County 911 Center reported that three trees were blown down on a secondary road in the southeast part of the county.
June 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$500	The Catoosa County 911 center reported that two trees were blown down.
July 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$500	Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees onto power lines which caused power outages in Ringgold for up to 3 hours.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	$250	The public reported that one tree was blown down.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	-	Report of a tree down near the 400 block of Cotter Rd.
March 2012	Hail	Ringgold	-	The Catoosa County 911 Center reported that pea to dime sized hail covered the ground.
March 2011	Hail	Ringgold	-	A storm spotter observed penny-sized hail near Ringgold.
April 2007	Hail	Ringgold	-	The public observed nickel-sized hail north of Ringgold.
April 2006	Hail	Ringgold	-	The Deputy Emergency Management Director for Catoosa County reported penny-sized hail from Ringgold to the southeast corner of the county near Tunnel Hill.
June 2006	Hail	Ringgold	-	The Catoosa County Emergency Management Director observed penny-sized hail in southeast Catoosa county from four to five miles southeast of Ringgold southeast to near Tunnel Hill on the Whitfield county line.
May 2006	Hail	Ringgold	-	The Catoosa County Emergency Management Director reported two rounds of nickel-sized hail affected the southeast part of the county.
July 2006	Hail	Ringgold	-	The public reported penny-sized hail.
June 2005	Hail	Ringgold	-	A trained spotter reported penny-sized hail. Large tree limbs were also down in the same area.
March 2004	Heavy Rain	Ringgold	-	The Catoosa county 911 center reported that heavy rain had forced the closure of one road in Ringgold. The water was too deep to drive through safely.
July 2003	Hail	Ringgold	-	The Catoosa county 911 center reported nickel-sized hail on the south side of Ringgold.
June 2002	Hail	Ringgold	-	The public reported dime size hail.
June 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Ringgold	-	The public estimated thunderstorm wind gusts at 60 mph.
July 2002	Hail	Ringgold	-	The public reported quarter size hail in Ringgold and the Catoosa county Sheriff reported dime size hail near the Catoosa-Walker county line.
June 2001	Hail	Ringgold	-	The public reported quarter size hail near Sugartown.
August 2001	Flood	Ringgold	-	The public reported that a local road was blocked with high water.
May 1999	Hail	Ringgold	-	The public reported quarter to golf ball size hail.
July 1998	Hail	Ringgold	-	no account filed
April 1997	Hail	Ringgold	-	no account filed
January 1996	Flash Flood	Ringgold	-	no account filed
May 1996	Hail	Ringgold	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Catoosa 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
Shookville	1.2 miles	27
Poplar Springs	1.8 miles	28
Stone Church	1.8 miles	27
Love Hill	2.0 miles	28
Greenwood	2.4 miles	27
Scenic Hills	2.7 miles	28
Pleasant Grove	2.8 miles	28
Catoosa Springs	2.8 miles	27

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Ringgold	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2429223	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 329441. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.