BlockRiver Ridge, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Troy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36079. It stands on Beeman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Youngblood quadrangle. It stands 413 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Youngblood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of River Ridge between 1994 and 2019, burning about 458 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | 2.4 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150508-001 |
| 28 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190528-1 |
| 22 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 1388 CO RD 7708, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of River Ridge: 9 unknowns, 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Ridge | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Forest Circle | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Lees Park | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Good Hope | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Trojan Terrace | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Westview | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Northdale | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| College Park | 2.6 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q15051808 | 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 1730450. 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.