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Riverside, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Brunswick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31520. It stands on Cypress Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brunswick East quadrangle.

Riverside within Glynn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

129 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1992 and 2016, burning about 155 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 53 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
Arson/incendiarism53
Debris and open burning21
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural8
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glynn County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Riverside: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Bruswick PlantGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Glynn 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
Demere Hammock0.9 miles17
Cypress Mills1.1 miles17
Island View1.2 miles17
Azalea Gardens1.7 miles17
Brunswick Villa1.8 miles17
Back Landing1.9 miles17
College Park1.9 miles17
Magnolia Park1.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671580. 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.