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
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1914 USGS Circleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Circleville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS East Ringgold quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS East Ringgold quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
8,437 words on this townshipHistory of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906 names this settlement in its chapter on Walnut Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
As stated previously. Walnut Creek forms nearly the whole western boundary of the township. Little Walnut Creek flows through the township from east to west and empties into Walnut Creek in section 18. Little Walnut has many tributaries, chief among which is Turkey Run. The surface of the township is generally undulating, being considerably more rolling in the eastern part than it is in the central and western sections. The highest point of the township. East Ringgold, is several hundred feet above Circleville. The early settlers found this section of the county covered | with various varieties of timber, which con- I sisted principally of walnut, butternut, hickory,
Passage source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906.
Near East Ringgold are found three ; mounds, attributed to the Mound Builders, that . in their situation are quite interesting. These I mounds, which were originally of a conical ; shape, extend in a nearly straight line from j east to west with but a few yards interval be- 1 tween and are from 15 to 20 feet in height.
Passage source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906.
There have been two churches of the Evangelical Association in Walnut township. Mount Zion's Church, at one time called the Zinser Church, was organized in 1830, at the home of Solomon Zinser, where meetings were held until the frame church on the south line of the township was erected in 1840. .The original members were: Solomon Zinser and wife.
Passage source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, published 1906.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Walnut Township - it names this place 10 more 10 times.
Fires near this place
5 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of East Ringgold in 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 near this place
12 of 2,405 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums 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 near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The 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 near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The 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.




















