Riverview, Indiana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Shawswick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47421. It stands on Adamson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bedford West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Oolitic quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bedford West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Bedford West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Bedford West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Riverview between 2002 and 2019, burning about 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | MAPLE RIDGE FIRE |
| 18 February 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | BRIARWOOD |
| 2 December 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RACKOVICH FIRE |
| 8 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | SOUTH I FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Riverview: 13 past producers, 9 producers, 5 occurrences, 1 prospect. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baalbeck Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Lawrence Co. Hwy. Dept. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Bedford Ground Limestone Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bedford Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverview in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2022: 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Flood | Riverview | $12,000 | Flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Lawrence County, including near Bedford, due to heavy rain and snow melt. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged the facade of the Rural King at 1320 James Avenue in Bedford. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview | $10,000 | A tree was downed at 29th and Illinois due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Other tree limbs and trees were reported down in Bedford, along with a construction trailer flipped over. |
| February 2008 | Flood | Riverview | $10,000 | Flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Lawrence County, including near Bedford, due to heavy rain and snow melt. Numerous county roads were flooded including Indiana 450, Fort Ritner Road, and Buddha Bypass Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coxton | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Eureka | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Englewood | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Fayetteville | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Bedford | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hartleyville | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Dark Hollow | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Tarry Park | 3.3 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 451838. 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.










