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Riderville, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Maplesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36758. It stands on Martin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plantersville quadrangle.

Riderville within Chilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Riderville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,164 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burning47 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresNational Forests in AlabamaGLEN BARNETT
19 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 2012Natural186 acresNational Forests in AlabamaMUDCUT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chilton County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riderville in 1 storm report in 2024: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Riderville-An EF1 tornado began in Dallas County and crossed into Chilton County. It downed more trees near residences on County Road 26 and County Road 16 before quickly dissipating as it crossed County Road 16. The total path length of the tornado was 8.28 miles.

Every storm recorded in Chilton 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
Parnell1.5 miles17
Dixie3.4 miles17
Stanton4.4 miles17
Adams6.8 miles16
Pletcher8.0 miles16
Maplesville8.3 miles15
New Convert11.0 miles15
Mulberry11.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160487. 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.