Riomar, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vero Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32963. It stands on Riomar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Riomar quadrangle.
Then and now
1948 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Riomar
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.
Driftwood Inn and Restaurantlisted 1994 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1948 USGS Riomar quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Riomar quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Vero Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Vero Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Riomar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 454 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | FIRST STREET (31) |
| 27 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | AIRPORT (31) |
| 13 August 1998 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 1998 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Riomar: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Zirconium, Titanium-Heavy Minerals. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riz Mineral Co. Mine | Titanium, Zirconium | Past Producer | ||
| Vero Beach Placer | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Producer | Kyanite, Zircon, Rutile, Leucoxene, Ilmenite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vero Beach | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Nevins | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Royal Poinciana Park | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Poinciana Park | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Gifford | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| South Beach | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Oslo | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Florida Ridge | 4.8 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122588878 | 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 289718. 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.







