BlockRingling, Montana
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Martinsdale-Ringling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59642. It stands on Lost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ringling quadrangle. It stands 5,302 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1897 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
- 1898 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
- 1902 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Ringling quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Ringling quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ringling: 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ringling in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2020: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ringling | $50,000 | Wind gust to 80kt...hail 1 inch...funnel cloud. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Ringling | - | Post Office reported ping pong ball size (1.5 inch diameter) hail. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ringling | - | Mesonet station mtdpc deep creek US-12 (mt dot). |
| July 2013 | Hail | Ringling | - | Hail measuring 1.00 inches (quarter sized) was reported 12 mi ENE of Ringling, MT. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Ringling | - | Flooding occurred on Spring Creek Road. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Ringling | - | Flooding continued to affect area roads and communities until water receded to more normal levels. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Ringling | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Ringling 12ENE. |
| July 2001 | Hail | Ringling | - | Reported by general public in Ringling...1 inch hail also reported by general public 3 SW of Ringling (also at 1645 MST). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Place | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Bruce Place | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Higgins | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Moyne | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Hamen | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Moss Agate | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Staley Place | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Loweth | 8.5 miles | 19 |
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 Ringling | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7334924 | 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 775779. 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.
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.