Riverview Acres, Indiana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Columbus Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47203. The Survey maps it on the Columbus quadrangle.
On record in Riverview Acres
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.
North Christian ChurchNational Historic Landmark · listed 2000 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1942 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Greensburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Riverview Acres between 2001 and 2005, burning about 1 acre 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/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 November 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 October 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 15 October 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Riverview Acres: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Gravel Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rees Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Spray Sand and Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverview Acres in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 4 hail. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | Flood | Riverview Acres | 1 killed | Fox 59 reported that a missing kayaker was found dead Friday, April 6th not far from where his kayak was found earlier in the day. The DNR said his body was found about 100 yards away from his kayak, located between Tannehill Bridge and Lowell Bridge on the Driftwood River.||It is believed the 26-year-old man drowned while kayaking on suspected flood waters of the Driftwood River near Columbus on the morning of April 5th. Moderate flooding was occurring on the East Fork White River at Columbus which is slightly downstream from the incident. The time and location of the report is estimated. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Riverview Acres | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the Flatrock River in Bartholomew County, including near Columbus, due to heavy rain. Multiple roads were flooded due to the heavy rain. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview Acres | $7,000 | Trees, up to 3 feet in diameter, were downed on the north side of Columbus due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Riverview Acres | $7,000 | Flooding occurred along the Flatrock River in Bartholomew County, including near Columbus, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview Acres | $5,000 | A 1.5 ft diameter pine tree snapped by thunderstorm wind gusts 7 ft off the ground along with another tree snapped nearby. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview Acres | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs on northeast side of Columbus through 1456 EST, with multiple pictures via social media. Also, the Columbus Bakalar Municipal Airport (KBAK) AWOS recorded a maximum wind gust of 62 kts at 1505 EST. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview Acres | $5,000 | A 80-year old tree was snapped off near its base by thunderstorm winds. The tree landed on top of a car, partly crushing it. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Riverview Acres | $1,000 | Water was reported to be coming across the road from both sides near the intersection of Marr and Rocky Ford Roads. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview Acres | $200 | A six inch diameter tree limb was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Riverview Acres | - | Quarter sized hail was observed in northwest Columbus on Lowell Road, just west of Highway 31. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Riverview Acres | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Riverview Acres | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Riverview Acres | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Parkside | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Flat Rock Park | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| North Columbus | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Corn Brook | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Lowell | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Everroad Park | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| North Gate | 2.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 442106. 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.





