BlockRiverside Acres, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Orlando census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32810. The Survey maps it on the Forest City quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1995The 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.
Compare 1955 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Forest City quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Forest City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Riverside Acres between 1992 and 2019, burning about 95 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | JUNE BUG (48) |
| 12 July 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GUMBALL (04) |
| 30 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2014-12-0304 (48) |
| 29 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FORD (59) |
| 29 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MEDUSA (04) |
| 28 May 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Riverside Acres: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mabel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lockhart | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Piedmont | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Eatonville | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Rosemont | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Maitland | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Fairview Shores | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Fairvilla | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Clarcona | 4.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289739. 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.