Riverbend, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30117. It stands on Curtis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton quadrangle.

Riverbend within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
1973 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

231 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Riverbend between 1992 and 2019, burning about 628 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 55 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	100
Arson/incendiarism	55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Recreation and ceremony	15
Natural	11
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Smoking	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
8 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2016	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-CARROLL-006
28 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2008	Recreation and ceremony	5.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Riverbend: 1 plant, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Nickel, Cobalt, Cobalt, Nickel. 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
(Facility) Carrollton Copper Smelter	Copper	Plant
Reeds Mountain	Gold, Nickel, Cobalt	Past Producer	Sulfide Segregations
Reeds Mountain Prospect	Cobalt, Nickel	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Holly Heights	0.8 miles	16
Greene Valley Estates	1.3 miles	16
Carrollton	1.4 miles	16
Buck Creek (historical)	1.5 miles	16
Pine Ridge Estates	1.6 miles	16
Lamplighter Square	1.7 miles	16
Plowshare (historical)	2.3 miles	15
Leisure Heights	2.4 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349698. 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.