Riverview, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the LaGrange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30241. The Survey maps it on the La Grange quadrangle.
On record in Riverview
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
H. Frank Jarrell Houselisted 1992 · 0.5 miles away- Dixie Cotton Mills and Mill Village Historic Districtlisted 2022 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1899 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000
- 1902 USGS Wedowee quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS La Grange quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Riverview between 1992 and 2019, burning about 493 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 12 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 | 96 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TROUP-003 |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TROUP-005 |
| 23 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TROUP-002 |
| 2 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Riverview: 3 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Barium-Barite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagrange Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Crosby Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Davis Prospect | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Hart Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Mat Teague Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookstone Estates | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| La Grange | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Greenwich Woods Estates | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sassafrass Hills | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fernwood | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Waterford Place | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Meadowlands | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| West Wind | 2.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1673271. 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.






