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Rivermont, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35634. It lies near Five Acre Island (historical). The Survey maps it on the Killen quadrangle.

Rivermont within Lauderdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

116 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Rivermont between 1994 and 2020, burning about 470 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 burning47
Arson/incendiarism27
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission673 CR 72, AL
16 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lauderdale 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
Woodlawn0.4 miles18
Indian Springs0.5 miles18
Elm Acres0.6 miles18
Village Pines0.8 miles18
Bainbridge (historical)0.8 miles18
Lakeview Heights0.9 miles18
Wilson Heights1.0 miles18
Bellemeade1.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 125667. 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.