BlockRidge Grove, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Loachapoka-Roxana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36830. The Survey maps it on the Waverly quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1906 USGS Dadeville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Ridge Grove between 1994 and 2019, burning about 186 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2002 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 June 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 147, AL |
| 20 June 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 June 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | MARTIN LUTHER KING DR, AL |
| 3 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 147, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ridge Grove: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Titanium, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Priester Prospect | Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| James Dimension Stone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Yarborough-Smith-Neighbor Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ridge Grove in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Ridge Grove | $65,000 | The tornado touched down briefly near the intersection of US-280 and CR-147, near an area known as The Bottle. One building sustained heavy damage when its metal roof was peeled off. One car was overturned at a used car dealership and a few trees were snapped or uprooted. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ridge Grove | $2,000 | Trees were reported down on Hwy 147, just south of U.S. Hwy 280. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Ridge Grove | - | Half dollar size hail reported at E.W. Shell Fisheries Center. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmville | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| The Bottle | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Head Estates | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Granite Hills | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Cedar Brook | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Woodland Hills | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pickwood | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| James | 3.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156967. 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.