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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.

Ringgold within Pulaski County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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.

Fires near this place

19 since 1998

Regional 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 burning8
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryLISA
6 April 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
27 April 2001Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
19 April 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryWEST GATE
12 April 2014Recreation and ceremony17 acresKentucky Division of ForestryPORTER CREEK
1 April 2014Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHALL
29 March 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pulaski County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fishing Creek ShaleClayProspect
Somerset QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pulaski County

Storms near this place

9 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2021Thunderstorm WindRinggold$1,000A tree was downed on power lines, both of which were laying across and blocking both lanes of Hwy-1674 just northeast of Somerset.
February 2015FloodRinggold$1,000The Clifty Hill Bridge off Hwy 1674 was closed due to high water.
June 2023FloodRinggold-Water is covering the roadway on North Hwy-1247 near East Racetrack Road in northern Somerset.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindRinggold-A tree was reported down on the NW side of Somerset.
May 2020FloodRinggold-A trained spotter observed water covering a bridge and depositing debris on area roads near Ringgold northwest of Somerset.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindRinggold-Department of Highway officials reported numerous trees blown down from northwest of Somerset to near Mount Victory.
September 2010FloodRinggold-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 2010Flash FloodRinggold-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 2009Flash FloodRinggold-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.

Every storm recorded in Pulaski 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Oil Center2.8 miles10
Somerset2.8 miles11
Crockett (historical)2.9 miles10
Norwood3.2 miles9
Prater (historical)3.3 miles11
Oak Hill3.5 miles10
Ferguson4.0 miles11
Bourbon4.2 miles11

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 RinggoldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q24191588The 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.