Ringle, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Ringle town. The Survey maps it on the Ringle quadrangle. It stands 1,329 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1899 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hatley quadrangle1:48000
- 1955 USGS Green Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Hatley quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Ringle quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
57 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Ringle between 1993 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 16 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 July 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | GUINEA HEN |
| 1 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ringle: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callon Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| George Will Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hatley Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Hatley Gravel Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hatley Gravel Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| M Lapinski Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Creek Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Vlietstra Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ringle in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Ringle | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ringle | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and tore shingles from roofs. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ringle | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Ringle | - | Quarter size hail fell in Ringle. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ringle | - | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees as they passed just to the north of Ringle. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Ringle | - | Golf ball size hail fell about 12 miles east of Wausau. |
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.
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 Ringle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7334913 | 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 1572328. 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.






