Ringgold, Kentucky
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Somerset census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42503. It lies near Denham Knob. The Survey maps it on the Delmer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1935 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Delmer quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Delmer quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS Delmer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Ringgold between 1998 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | LISA |
| 6 April 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 27 April 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | WEST GATE |
| 12 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PORTER CREEK |
| 1 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | HALL |
| 29 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ringgold: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishing Creek Shale | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Somerset Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ringgold in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 4 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ringgold | $1,000 | A tree was downed on power lines, both of which were laying across and blocking both lanes of Hwy-1674 just northeast of Somerset. |
| February 2015 | Flood | Ringgold | $1,000 | The Clifty Hill Bridge off Hwy 1674 was closed due to high water. |
| June 2023 | Flood | Ringgold | - | Water is covering the roadway on North Hwy-1247 near East Racetrack Road in northern Somerset. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ringgold | - | A tree was reported down on the NW side of Somerset. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Ringgold | - | A trained spotter observed water covering a bridge and depositing debris on area roads near Ringgold northwest of Somerset. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ringgold | - | Department of Highway officials reported numerous trees blown down from northwest of Somerset to near Mount Victory. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Ringgold | - | Water was measured up to the door handles of automobiles in and around Somerset including on Kit Cowan Rd, Kennedy St, Kentucky Ave, and Oak View Drive. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Ringgold | - | Water was reported over roads on S Hwy 27, N Hwy 1247, and Hwy 39 in the Somerset area. Reports indicated that 6 to 12 inches of water was either standing on or flowing across the aforementioned roads. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Ringgold | - | Six to eight inches of water was flowing over the road at the KY 80 and US 27 intersection. The water was still over the road at that location but was receding as of 9:35 am. |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil Center | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Somerset | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Crockett (historical) | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Norwood | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Prater (historical) | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Hill | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ferguson | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bourbon | 4.2 miles | 11 |
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 Q24191588 | 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 508940. 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.






