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Ringwood, Oklahoma

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Major census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73768. The Survey maps it on the Ringwood quadrangle. 401 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,312 feet above sea level.

Ringwood within Major County

Population over time

3 figures

Ringwood fell from 424 to 401 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2000424
2010497+73 (+17%)
2020401-96 (-19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ringwood in 2020, burning about 153 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
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
15 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use153 acresOklahoma Division of ForestrySCHAEFER FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Major County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ringwood: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
County Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
County Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Major County

Storms near this place

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ringwood in 56 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 28 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 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
June 2005Thunderstorm WindRingwood$50,000Ten to twelve inch diameter trees were uprooted. Awnings were blown down. Shingles were also blown off roofs. A brick wall of a car wash collapsed on a car.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindRingwood$40,000A mobile home was rolled onto Highway 58.
September 2001Tornado (F1)Ringwood$30,000This tornado was confirmed by a National Weather Service damage survey. At Ringwood High School, the football field pressbox was completely destroyed with debris blown eastward. In addition, an 80 foot lightpole was downed, and large trees sustained limb damage. About one-quarter of a mile east of the football field, the front porch of a house was blown off its foundation, while minor shingle damage was sustained to the southeast corner of the house.
May 1999Tornado (F1)Ringwood$5,000Tornado I1. See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports.
October 1994Tornado (F0)Ringwood$5,000Isolated severe thunderstorms produced 3 tornadoes in northcentral Oklahoma. In Alfalfa County, two brief tornados caused minor damage to a barn 5 miles southwest of Aline and destroyed a cow shed and corrals 4 miles WSW of Carmen. No damage was reported with the tornado 7 miles WNW of Ringwood in Major County.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindRingwood$3,000no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRingwood$1,000A power pole was blown down. Monetary damages were estimated.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRingwood$1,000Large tree limbs were downed across the town. Monetary damages were estimated.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindRingwood$500Trees were downed along Highway 60.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindRingwood$200Trees were downed.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindRingwood$10Large tree limbs were downed.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindRingwood-Large tree branches were blown down along U.S. Highway 412. The location is approximate.
April 2024HailRingwood-MPing report. Based on radar evidence, hailfall likely occurred prior (1935-1945 LST) to report time.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindRingwood-Multiple tree limbs blown down. Time is radar estimated.
May 2024Tornado (EFU)Ringwood-Storm chasers observed this tornado looking west from near State Highway 58 looking west. This tornado moved east-northeast and moved into southern Alfalfa County. No damage was reported and the specific path is estimated.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRingwood-Estimated by trained spotter.
May 2019HailRingwood-Time estimate from radar.
April 2017Tornado (EFU)Ringwood-A KOCO (TV) storm chaser observed a tornado just east of US-281 near county road EW-48. No known damage occurred.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Ringwood-Numerous storm spotters and chasers reported a tornado briefly developed approximately 5 miles south of Ringwood. No damage was reported.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindRingwood-Estimated 60 to 70 mph winds. No damage information was provided.
May 2011HailRingwood-The report was relayed by an off-duty WFO Hastings, Nebraska Employee.
May 2011HailRingwood-The hail report was relayed by an off-duty NWS Hastings, Nebraska employee.
September 2010HailRingwood-The hail was reported along Highway 58.
September 2010HailRingwood-The hail was reported by KWTV-9.
April 2024HailRingwood-no account filed
May 2022HailRingwood-no account filed
May 2021HailRingwood-no account filed
May 2019Flash FloodRingwood-no account filed
May 2019Flash FloodRingwood-no account filed
May 2018HailRingwood-no account filed
May 2018HailRingwood-no account filed
May 2018HailRingwood-no account filed
May 2018HailRingwood-no account filed
April 2011HailRingwood-no account filed
May 2011HailRingwood-no account filed
May 2011HailRingwood-no account filed
June 2008HailRingwood-no account filed
June 2008HailRingwood-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindRingwood-no account filed
March 2006HailRingwood-no account filed
March 2004HailRingwood-no account filed
March 2004HailRingwood-no account filed
April 2004HailRingwood-no account filed
August 2004HailRingwood-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindRingwood-no account filed
September 2001HailRingwood-no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindRingwood-no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindRingwood-no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindRingwood-no account filed
April 1999HailRingwood-no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindRingwood-no account filed
May 1999HailRingwood-no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindRingwood-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindRingwood-no account filed
March 1996HailRingwood-no account filed
June 1995HailRingwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Major 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
Meno3.6 miles9
Ames9.8 miles12
Cleo Springs10.5 miles8
Isabella11.1 miles8
Crystal Lakes11.6 miles12
West Cleo11.8 miles8
Lindley12.0 miles12
Orienta12.2 miles9

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 RingwoodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2499113The 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 1097215. 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.