Ringold, Oklahoma
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Valliant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74754. It stands on Long Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sobol quadrangle. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Alikchi quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Mcalester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Sobol quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Mc Alester quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS McAlester quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Antlers quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
159 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Ringold between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,140 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 72 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 72 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Talihina Agency | RUFE |
| 6 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 28 September 2002 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10558 |
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ringold in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ringold | $25,000 | Numerous trees were blown down along with power lines. A roof was blown off a home in the Ringgold community. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Ringold | $10,000 | Numerous trees were uprooted and/or snapped. One barn was completely destroyed and one home had minor roof damage. The tornado was classified as an EF0 with a path width of 75 yards wide. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ringold | - | Power lines were downed near Pine Creek Lake. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Ringold | - | Quarter size hail fell a few miles southeast of the Ringold community. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Ringold | - | Numerous roads across the southern part of the county had high water, with several roads remaining closed due to flooding. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Ringold | - | Excessive heavy rainfall during the month of May resulted in very high water in the Little River Basin which feeds the Red River flood control reservoir know as Pine Creek Lake in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. The lake remained very high throughout almost the entire month of May, 2015 and the lake set an all time pool stage record of 480.76 feet at 8 pm on May 30th, 2015. |
| March 2008 | Flash Flood | Ringold | - | Water was across Pine Creek Road. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Ringold | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alikchi | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rufe | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Plainview | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Slim | 9.1 miles | 17 | |
| Mound Grove | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Wright City | 12.5 miles | 17 | |
| Felker | 12.6 miles | 17 | |
| Doaksville (historical) | 12.7 miles | 17 |
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 Ringold | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7334960 | 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 1097213. 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.







