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.
Population over time
3 figuresRiverbend 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 442 | |
| 2010 | 484 | +42 (+10%) |
| 2020 | 455 | -29 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Idaho Gulch quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Idaho Gulch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
217 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 74 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | 2ND SECOND CREEK |
| 8 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | COLEMANS CORNER |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | EASTFALL |
| 30 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BARK PLANT PILE |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | AIRPORT FIRE |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | TAMI DRIVE |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | COLEMAN'S CORNER |
| 20 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | FIRST CREEK RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Day Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Van Ness Mine | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Montana Barite Pit | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Victor Mancini Property | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Victor Mancini Property | Barium-Barite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Mouth (historical) | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Amador (historical) | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Oliverville | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Westfall | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Lozeau | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Superior | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Crescent City (historical) | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Quartz | 7.7 miles | 8 |
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 Riverbend | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q969331 | 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 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.




