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Riverbend, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Superior census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59872. It lies near Camp Four Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Idaho Gulch quadrangle. 455 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,772 feet above sea level.

Riverbend within Mineral County

Population over time

3 figures

Riverbend grew from 442 to 455 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.

YearPeople Change
2000442
2010484+42 (+10%)
2020455-29 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Riverbend between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,391 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 3 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
Natural74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Debris and open burning38
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Fireworks5
Smoking4
Other causes3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National Forest2ND SECOND CREEK
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestCOLEMANS CORNER
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestEASTFALL
30 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestBARK PLANT PILE
3 September 2000Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestAIRPORT FIRE
27 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreLolo National ForestTAMI DRIVE
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestCOLEMAN'S CORNER
20 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestFIRST CREEK RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mineral County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Riverbend: 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Copper, Gold, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Day PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Van Ness MineCopper, GoldOccurrence
Montana Barite PitBarium-BariteProducer
Victor Mancini PropertyBarium-BariteOccurrence
Victor Mancini PropertyBarium-BariteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Mineral 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
Cedar Mouth (historical)2.4 miles8
Amador (historical)2.6 miles8
Oliverville3.1 miles8
Westfall3.2 miles8
Lozeau3.7 miles8
Superior4.1 miles8
Crescent City (historical)5.7 miles8
Quartz7.7 miles8

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 RiverbendAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q969331The 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 1853187. 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.