River Oaks, Alabama
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tri-Cities census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35660. It sits by York Bluffs. The Survey maps it on the Florence quadrangle.
On record in River Oaks
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
E.L. Newman Lustron Houselisted 2000 · 0.3 miles away
Muscle Shoals Sound Studiolisted 2006 · 0.7 miles away
Chambers-Robinson Houselisted 1993 · 0.9 miles away
Sheffield Residential Historic Districtlisted 2002 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1914 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Florence quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of River Oaks between 1994 and 2016, burning about 185 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 115 COUNTY ROAD 249, AL |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 673 CR 72, AL |
| 10 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20130828-001 |
| 28 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20130828-002 |
| 30 June 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 2305 SIXTH ST, AL |
| 29 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 6TH STREET, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of River Oaks: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colbert County Hwy. Dept. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lister Hill Reduction Plant | Silica, Aluminum | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Sheffield | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cliff Haven | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Easton | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Sheffield Heights | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| South Florence | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Sheffield | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Olland | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Washington Park | 1.6 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 146255. 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.









