Riverview, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pensacola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32514. It stands on Ferry Pass Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Pace quadrangle.
Then and now
1920 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1920 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1920 USGS Milton quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Milton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Milton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Floridatown quadrangle1:25000
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Pace quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Pace quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Riverview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 554 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | IVAN DEBRIS FIRE -1127 |
| 16 August 2009 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 57-ESCAMBIA FILL FIRE-0879 |
| 7 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SAN RAFAEL (57) |
| 6 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | OLIVE FIRE PILE 1125 |
| 4 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 100 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FLEMINGCIRCLEFIRE-0935 |
| 21 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HIGHWAY 90 (57) |
| 16 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 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 Riverview: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Bitucrete Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Santa Rosa Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverview in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Riverview | $100,000 | Several roads closed due to standing water and flooding across the Pensacola area. Cars were stalled in several intersections due to high water. |
| February 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Riverview | - | A brief, compact EF1 tornado occurred in Ferry Pass along Bill Metzger Lane and tracked northeast to Copter Road. This tornado primarily damaged metal roofing of buildings in the area along its track. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry Pass | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Yniestra | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Olive | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Ensley | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bohemia | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Satsuma Heights | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Gaberonne | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Brent | 5.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295578. 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.









