Riverside, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30161. It stands on Big Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rome North quadrangle.
On record in Riverside
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.
ChieftainsNational Historic Landmark · listed 1971 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Rome North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
285 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1992 and 2019, burning about 549 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 101 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 109 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 101 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-FLOYD-016 |
| 29 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 8.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rome Quarry Fla Rock Indus | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Berry School Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Rome City Shale Quarry | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Burney Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Evans Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| J T Waters Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Wright Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverside in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | $50,000 | The Floyd County Emergency Manager reported that a tree was blown down onto power lines on Woodward street, and another fell on a house on Dogwood Street. One person was trapped in the Dogwood Street home but did not sustain any injuries. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Riverside | - | The public reported water flowing over the roadway near Mount Berry Square Mall and Armuchee Connector. Radar estimates indicate that 1 to 2.5 inches of rain fell over the area, on top of the 1 to 3 inches that fell the day prior. These amounts, falling on the already saturated soils, produced flash flooding. |
| November 2010 | Hail | Riverside | - | The cooperative observer for Rome reported nickel-sized hail in the area three to four miles southeast of Rome. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Park | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Summerville Park | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Berry | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| North Rome | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Atteiram Heights | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| North Hills | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| DeSoto Homes | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Rome | 1.8 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353849. 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.









