Riderwood, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Butler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36904. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lisman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Lisman quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Riderwood between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,054 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190925-3 |
| 17 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Smoking | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200910-1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riderwood in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riderwood | - | High winds downed powerlines on Riderwood Drive at Scott Mountain Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riderwood | - | Trees were down on Riderwood Drive. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riderwood | - | High winds downed trees in the Scott Mountain area. |
| April 2014 | Flash Flood | Riderwood | - | Heavy rain caused flooding along Riderwood Dr. and Hwy. 10 in Butler. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Riderwood | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported from Riderwood to near Cyril. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisman | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Rock Springs | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| West Butler | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pushmataha | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Green Acres | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cyril | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Butler | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hinton | 6.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 125626. 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.




