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Riverview, Colorado

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80470. It stands on Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pine quadrangle.

Riverview within Jefferson 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 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 33 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

249 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of Riverview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,863 acres in total. 124 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
Natural124
Missing data/not specified/undetermined90
Recreation and ceremony24
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Firearms and explosives use1
Smoking1

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 2013Naturalunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
7 September 2018Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSANDY
5 September 2018Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National Forest538
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestLONG SCRAGGY
4 September 1994Natural2.0 acresPike and San Isabel National Forestnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Fork Fire Protection DistrictN/A
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestSHOOTER 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Riverview: 24 producers, 20 past producers, 13 occurrences, 8 unknowns. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Quartz, Fluorine-Fluorite, Feldspar, Quartz. 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
AlphaGoldPast Producer
Big Bear No. 2 MineFeldspar, REEPast ProducerMicrocline
Big Bertha MineQuartz, Feldspar, Thorium, REEPast Producer1947, 1953
Buffalo MineLead, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1895, 1898
Butte #1Feldspar, Quartz, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerFluorite, Quartz
Catherine #1 ClaimMica, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gemstone, Feldspar, QuartzOccurrenceFluorite, Mica, Quartz, Topaz
Cook PropertyCopper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Sphalerite
Cooper QuarryQuartz, Feldspar, Uranium, Thorium, REEPast Producer1968
Dazie Bell MineQuartz, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, ManganesePast Producer1965
Delbert Claims #1 & 2Feldspar, Quartz, Mica, Fluorine-FluoriteProducerFeldspar, Fluorite, Mica, Quartz

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Buffalo Creek0.8 miles33
Ferndale0.9 miles33
Foxton2.5 miles27
Pine Grove3.1 miles33
Sphinx Park3.1 miles33
Indian Springs Village3.7 miles33
Dome Rock4.1 miles27
Longview4.2 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 183291. 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.