BlockRiveria Estates, Alabama
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Pell City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35128. It stands on Cropwell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pell City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1889 USGS Springville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Springville quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pell City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Pell City quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Birmingham North quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
246 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Riveria Estates between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,770 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 80 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 | 111 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 80 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 23 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Riveria Estates: 6 unknowns. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmon | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Catatoga Estates | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Rock Inn Estates | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Fairview Heights | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Logan Martin Pines | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Hunting Ridge | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Saint Clair Shores | 2.1 miles | 21 | |
| Enchanted Hills | 2.1 miles | 24 |
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 Q122599058 | 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 165178. 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.