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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plantersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Plantersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Plantersville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 47 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | National Forests in Alabama | GLEN BARNETT |
| 19 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | 186 acres | National Forests in Alabama | MUDCUT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Tornado (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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parnell | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Dixie | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Stanton | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Adams | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Pletcher | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Maplesville | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| New Convert | 11.0 miles | 15 | |
| Mulberry | 11.3 miles | 17 |
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.








