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Ringgold, Nebraska

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lemley precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 69167. The Survey maps it on the Ringgold quadrangle. It stands 3,176 feet above sea level.

Ringgold within McPherson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Ringgold between 2008 and 2018, burning about 111 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
16 August 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
16 April 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
30 March 2010Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 March 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
14 March 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named
5 December 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution100 acresNebraska Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in McPherson County

Storms near this place

43 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ringgold in 43 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 30 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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
March 2012Tornado (EF0)Ringgold$100,000A tornado touched down approximately five miles south southeast of Ringgold in McPherson County and tracked north and northwest before dissipating near the Ringgold church. Tornado damage included several large tree limbs broken off, cedar trees uprooted, a center pivot irrigation system twisted and overturned, damage to a church building and small storage building. The tornado was on the ground intermittently for four minutes.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindRinggold$2,000Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH blew in a wall on a metal outbuilding.
July 2009HailRinggold$2,000no account filed
April 2007HailRinggold$1,000no account filed
June 2008HailRinggold$500The Tryon fire chief reported 2 inch diameter hail covering state highway 92.
July 2023HailRinggold-Public reported ping pong ball size hail near Ringgold.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindRinggold-Public reports thunderstorm wind gusts around 70 MPH with blowing dust and little to no rainfall.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindRinggold-Thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH reported at this location.
July 2020HailRinggold-Public reported golf ball size hail southeast of Tryon.
May 2016HailRinggold-Ping pong to golf ball sized hail covered the ground.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRinggold-Trained spotter reported wind gusts of at least 60 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindRinggold-Lots of tree branches down with some branches up to 8 inches in diameter.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRinggold-Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindRinggold-Wind gusts estimated to 70 mph.
April 2012HailRinggold-The hail covered the ground. The largest hailstones were the size of quarters.
April 2023HailRinggold-no account filed
June 2019HailRinggold-no account filed
July 2018Funnel CloudRinggold-no account filed
July 2018Funnel CloudRinggold-no account filed
May 2016HailRinggold-no account filed
May 2016HailRinggold-no account filed
August 2015HailRinggold-no account filed
August 2014HailRinggold-no account filed
June 2013HailRinggold-no account filed
June 2013HailRinggold-no account filed
May 2012HailRinggold-no account filed
April 2012HailRinggold-no account filed
August 2012HailRinggold-no account filed
June 2010HailRinggold-no account filed
June 2010HailRinggold-no account filed
July 2009HailRinggold-no account filed
June 2009Funnel CloudRinggold-no account filed
August 2009HailRinggold-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRinggold-no account filed
July 2008HailRinggold-no account filed
October 2007HailRinggold-no account filed
May 2005HailRinggold-no account filed
July 2003HailRinggold-no account filed
June 2002HailRinggold-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindRinggold-no account filed
May 1998HailRinggold-no account filed
July 1996HailRinggold-no account filed
May 1996HailRinggold-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McPherson 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
Tryon9.3 miles11
Flats30.0 miles12

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 Q7334871The 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 832563. 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.

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.