Rivertown, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Palmetto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30213. It stands on Pea Creek. The Survey maps it on the Palmetto quadrangle.

Rivertown within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Palmetto quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Rivertown between 1992 and 2018, burning about 689 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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	37
Arson/incendiarism	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Recreation and ceremony	5
Natural	2
Smoking	2

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
13 September 2003	Recreation and ceremony	4.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 1993	Debris and open burning	2.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 August 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 2012	Natural	4.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-DOUGLAS-001
4 July 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 July 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	1.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 July 1995	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 July 2006	Recreation and ceremony	2.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Rivertown: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
No Name	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Circle P Ranch Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Johnston & Garrett Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mecca (historical)	2.4 miles	17
Cackle Corner	2.5 miles	16
Cedar Grove	2.8 miles	17
Rico	2.9 miles	17
Campbellton	4.3 miles	17
Chattahoochee Hills	4.7 miles	17
Lester	5.1 miles	16
Corn Creek Cove	5.6 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326490. 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.