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Rivercrest Estates, Iowa

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Princeton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52768. It stands on Whiskey Run Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cordova quadrangle.

Rivercrest Estates within Scott County

On record in Rivercrest Estates

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Rivercrest Estates between 2008 and 2018, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-117
1 May 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesWHITETAIL DRIVE
13 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 October 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-167
25 January 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources18-022

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Scott County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Rivercrest Estates: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Shaffton PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shaffton QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cordova Quarry Butler Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cordova Quarrycollision Stone Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Le Claire QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Princeton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Scott 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
Princeton0.4 miles21
Le Claire5.6 miles23
Argo6.0 miles20
McCausland7.0 miles20
Great Oaks7.2 miles21
Sherton Heights7.5 miles21
Carriage Place7.6 miles21
Pleasant Valley8.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2046482. 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.