Riverdale, Alabama

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Tuscaloosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35406. It lies near Big Island (historical). The Survey maps it on the Tuscaloosa quadrangle.

Riverdale within Tuscaloosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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.

1924 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:62500
1926 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

58 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Riverdale between 1994 and 2020, burning about 474 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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	19
Arson/incendiarism	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Other causes	1
Smoking	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
5 September 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2020	Debris and open burning	2.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20200920-2
18 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2010	Smoking	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	42 CR 82, AL
3 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	120 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	CR 29, AL
26 August 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	7600 CHARLIE SHIRLEY ROAD, AL
11 July 2018	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20180711-2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Riverdale: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Airport Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE	Producer	Placer
American Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Holley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Unconsolidated Sediments
Holley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
No. 2 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Plant Operation	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Quartz

Every working recorded in Tuscaloosa 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fox Run	0.2 miles	17
Dunbrook	0.3 miles	17
Covey Chase	0.3 miles	17
Academy Drive	0.5 miles	17
Wood Ridge	0.5 miles	17
Ridgeland	0.5 miles	17
Rollingwood	0.5 miles	17
Riverchase	0.5 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 148489. 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.