River Ridge, Alabama
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Vredenburgh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36481. The Survey maps it on the Natchez quadrangle. It stands 108 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Natchez quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Monroeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of River Ridge between 1994 and 2015, burning about 878 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2000 | Natural | 560 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Natural | 50 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO.RD.50, AL |
| 1 May 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 April 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names River Ridge in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | River Ridge | $10,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph downed multiple power lines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natchez | 2.9 miles | 7 | |
| Keith | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Scotland | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Kalem | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Franklin | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Beatrice | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Tunnel Springs | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Buena Vista | 6.5 miles | 7 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on River Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15051807 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156971. 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.



