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Riverview, Florida

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jacksonville West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32208. It stands on Ribault River. The Survey maps it on the Trout River quadrangle.

Riverview within Duval County

Then and now

1918 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Riverview, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Riverview, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Riverview between 1992 and 2019, burning about 498 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 18 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
Equipment and vehicle use36
Arson/incendiarism18
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Debris and open burning3
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
7 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1084
14 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceZOO (16)
6 July 2003Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1032

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval 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: 2 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Perlite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chemrock/ Jacksonville, Fla.PerlitePlant
Kaiser Cement & Gypsum/JacksonvilleGypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverview in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. 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
May 2015Thunderstorm WindRiverview$5,000A tree fell on a home along Rutgers Road. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindRiverview$1,000A power line was down on the Jacksonville north side.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindRiverview-A business roof had damage along Dunn Ave. Multiple trees fell in NW Jacksonville. A large tree fell on a car near Len Turner Rd and Trout River Blvd. Large trees fell on homes causing roof damage in Trout River and Dunns Crossing. Trees also fell on powerlines along Broward Rd. The time of damage was based on the 64 mph wind gust at JAX International Airport.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRiverview-A tree was blown down onto a car trapping one person inside. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRiverview-Trees were blown down.
June 2011HailRiverview-Penny to pea size hail was reported at the intersection of Lem Turner and Soutel Drive on the Jacksonville northside.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindRiverview-Dispatch reported power lines blown down near the Intersection of Washington Avenue and Elm Street. Time of based on radar imagery.
March 2000Funnel CloudRiverview-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Duval 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
Lake Forest0.9 miles22
Ribault Manor1.1 miles22
Beverly Hills1.1 miles22
Lake Park Estates1.3 miles22
Lake Forest Hills1.4 miles22
Highlands1.4 miles22
Lake Forest Manor1.4 miles22
Oakhurst1.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289752. 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.

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.