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Riverdale, Alabama

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Valley Head-Mentone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35984. The Survey maps it on the Valley Head quadrangle.

Riverdale within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

233 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Riverdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,260 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 126 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
Arson/incendiarism126
Debris and open burning60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CHATTOOGA-018
24 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20120924-001
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160921-2
20 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionCO RD 759, VALLEY HEAD ALABAMA, AL
20 September 2000Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined391 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190919-35
19 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Riverdale: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clyde Hulgen Iron PropertyIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Valley Head AreaIronPast ProducerHematite

Every working recorded in DeKalb County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Mentone1.4 miles22
Bankhead1.5 miles22
Valley Head1.9 miles22
Hammondville2.9 miles22
Cordell (historical)3.5 miles22
Lake Howard4.0 miles22
Alpine4.1 miles22
Kaolin4.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 150484. 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.