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Riverview, Kentucky

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Flatwoods-Russell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41169. It stands on White Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle.

Riverview within Greenup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Riverview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,431 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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 burning99
Arson/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Other causes4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution11 acresWayne National ForestWIND FIRE
28 September 1998Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestIRONTON #1 FIRE
29 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestCABIN
28 July 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresWayne National ForestOSBORN
7 June 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresWayne National ForestPIGEON PILE FIRE
11 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresWayne National ForestHOT KNOB FIRE
7 May 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestCAREX FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenup County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Riverview: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. 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
Armco Steel/ Ashland, Ky.IronUnknown
Ironton Plant Number 85ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greenup 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
Russell0.9 miles17
Bellefonte1.5 miles22
Russell Heights1.9 miles17
Flatwoods2.0 miles17
West Russell2.3 miles17
Raceland3.1 miles17
Worthington3.3 miles17
Melrose3.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 501997. 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.