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Riverview Gardens, Delaware

44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Brandywine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 19703. It stands on South Branch Naaman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marcus Hook quadrangle.

Riverview Gardens within New Castle County

On record in Riverview Gardens

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 44 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

5 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Riverview Gardens between 2002 and 2006, burning about 476 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
3 May 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protectionnot named
2 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protectionnot named
16 April 2006Recreation and ceremony2.2 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protectionnot named
18 March 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.2 acresPennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protectionnot named
19 December 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined470 acresNew Jersey Forest Fire Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in New Castle 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 Gardens: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Phoenix Steel/ Claymont, De.IronPlant
Pyramid Development Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in New Castle 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
Princeton Estates0.1 miles44
Carpenter0.2 miles44
White Village0.3 miles44
Woodacres0.3 miles44
Woodstream Gardens0.3 miles44
Greentree0.4 miles44
Ramble Woods0.5 miles44
Valley Run0.5 miles44

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 215825. 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.