Riverview, Alabama

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35673. The Survey maps it on the Jones Crossroads quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Riverview within Morgan County

On record in Riverview

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.

Dr. William E. Murphey Houselisted 1986 · 1.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1936 USGS Stewart Cross Roads quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Jones Crossroads quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1976 USGS Jones Crossroads quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

63 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Riverview (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 653 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Arson/incendiarism	14
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
22 September 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20180922-6
22 September 2016	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160922-11
12 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
28 August 1998	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
22 August 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
11 August 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20150811-001
3 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	NOR-20120703-005
20 July 1997	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Riverview (historical): 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
	Monsanto Phosphate Deposit No.43	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Unknown
	Plant 1 Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Morgan 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
Trinity	3.3 miles	15
Heritage Estates	4.6 miles	15
Sherwood Estates	5.5 miles	15
Moulton Heights	5.5 miles	15
Griffin Addition	5.8 miles	15
West Decatur	6.0 miles	25
Decatur	6.5 miles	25
Simpson	6.8 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1700394. 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.