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Riverdale, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hastings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32092. It stands on Paines Branch. The Survey maps it on the Riverdale quadrangle.

Riverdale within St. Johns County

Then and now

1947 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Riverdale, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Riverdale, surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

125 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Riverdale between 1993 and 2020, burning about 748 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 8 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
Natural54
Equipment and vehicle use21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
28 September 2018Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBRIDGEPORT RD (54)
20 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWOODWARD (55)
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWOODWARD RD(55)
10 September 2018Natural5.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGREENHOUSE (55)
6 August 2011Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service542(54)
5 August 2006Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF-WOODWARD POWERLINE
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Johns County

Storms near this place

12 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverdale in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2023Tornado (EF0)Riverdale$75,000The public reported a landspout near Molasses Junction. Images were shared showing roof damage to the sheet metal and wooden structure pf a horse stable and an outdoor toilet blown over. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindRiverdale$1,500Large trees were blown down.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindRiverdale$1,000A power line was damaged at 1028 County Road 13 South. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindRiverdale$1,000Large trees were blown down.
June 2025HailRiverdale-Hail up to one inch in diameter was observed.
September 2023HailRiverdale-Nickel size hail was observed.
June 2023Funnel CloudRiverdale-Two separate reports of a funnel cloud located just north of Hastings were relayed to the office. The funnel cloud was just east of the St. Johns River.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindRiverdale-Multiple trees were blown down near County Road 214 and County Road 13 South.
July 2013Tornado (EF0)Riverdale-A tornado/waterspout was observed. No damage was reported.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindRiverdale-A spotter reported a tree and debris blown down about 2 miles north of the intersection of County Road 305 and State Road 13A near Elkton. The time of the event was based on radar.
September 1995HailRiverdale-Dime-size hail.
February 1998HailRiverdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Johns 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
Tocoi1.6 miles13
San Nicolas Tolentino (historical)2.0 miles13
Lane Landing2.5 miles13
Molasses Junction3.7 miles12
Meldrim Park4.5 miles13
Pocotalaco (historical)6.6 miles13
Bakersville6.7 miles12
Picolata6.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308097. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.