East Ringgold, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43103. The Survey maps it on the East Ringgold quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1914 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1914 USGS Circleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Circleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS East Ringgold quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS East Ringgold quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS East Ringgold quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS East Ringgold quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
5 since 2019The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of East Ringgold between 2019 and 2019, burning about 10 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 burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15340 |
| 20 July 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15342 |
| 5 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15350 |
| 25 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15347 |
| 15 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15349 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,405 shownMuseums hold 2,405 specimens collected within 10 miles of East Ringgold between 1829 and 1975: 2,195 Animalia, 149 Fungi, 58 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, A. White, M. Trautman, T. Cavender, Acker, G. & Class and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aecidium galii Pers. | 1883 | Kellerman, W.A. | Amanda |
![]() | Caeoma cimicifugatum Schwein. | 1883 | W. A. Kellerman | Amanda |
![]() | Phyllactinia corylea (Pers.) P.Karst. | 1892 | W.A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Rallus elegans elegans Audubon, 1834 | 1829 | Florence, A. (Arledge) | Col Anderson farm 6 1/2 mi west of Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Caprimulgus vociferus vociferus A.Wilson, 1812 | 1876 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Darby Creek, Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 1898 | 1877 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Goose Pond, near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Hirundo rustica erythrogaster Boddaert, 1783 | 1879 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812) | 1880 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Bartramia pomiformis F.Weber & D.Mohr | 1880 | W. Kellerman | |
![]() | Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | Mearns, E.A. | Circleville near Scioto River. |
![]() | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1880 | Jones, H. (Howard) | Niles Woods, near Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio |
![]() | Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | Jones, H. (Howard) | near Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, USA |
All 2,405 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of East Ringgold: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raleigh Spradlin Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
5 since 2015The National Weather Service names East Ringgold in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Ringgold | $15,000 | Numerous trees were downed and a barn was damaged along State Route 188 near Winchester Road. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Ringgold | $12,000 | Numerous trees and power poles were downed near Hargus Lake. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Ringgold | $3,000 | Numerous trees and limbs were downed near Stout Road. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Ringgold | $500 | A tree was downed on Peters Road near State Route 674. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Ringgold | $250 | A large branch fell onto a house along Ringgold Southern Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Nebraska (historical) | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Knollwood Village | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bridlewood | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Park | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Campus Court | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Northwood Park | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 5.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064587. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.























