River Bluff, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pewee Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40059. The Survey maps it on the Anchorage quadrangle. 436 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 636 feet above sea level.
On record in River Bluff
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Locke-Mount Houselisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresRiver Bluff grew from 402 to 436 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 402 | |
| 2010 | 403 | +1 (+0%) |
| 2020 | 436 | +33 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1905 USGS Prospect quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Prospect quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Anchorage quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Anchorage quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Anchorage quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Anchorage quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Anchorage quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of River Bluff in 2000, burning about 25 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of River Bluff: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood Mine Underground | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Utica Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dredge No. 6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Harmony Landing | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hel Del Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hel Del Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Utica Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Utica Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest | 0.1 miles | 16 | |
| Belknap Beach | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Oldham Acres | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Goshen | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Harmony Village | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Harmony Lake Estates | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Harmony Landing | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Orchard Grass Hills | 5.2 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on River Bluff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2449876 | 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 1669518. 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.









