North Riverfront, Missouri
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1998. It stands in St. Louis City. It lies in ZIP code area 63147. It stands on Maline Creek. The Survey maps it on the Granite City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 28 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.
- 1888 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Saint Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS St. Louis quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS St Louis quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Granite City quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
163,964 words on this townshipJournal of the Missouri State Convention, Held at the City of St. Louis, October, 1861, published 1861; Saint Louis : the Future Great City of the World : with Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men and Women of St. Louis and Missouri, published 1876; Child's Geography and History of St. Louis City, published 1886; Road and Hand-book of the Missouri Division, Including Road-maps of the Riding Districts of St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Sedalia, Springfield, Warrensburg, Etc, published 1895 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on St. Louis City covers the township.
Read the chapter on St. Louis City - 163,964 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of North Riverfront in 2006, burning under an 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 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of North Riverfront: 21 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Thorium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 1 | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Madison Plant | Thorium | Producer | ||
| Prospect Hill Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Bambrick-Bates Constr. Co. Quarry 3 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Carlins Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cavanaugh Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cavanaugh Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Crinnion Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gorman Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Heman Construction Co Quarry No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baden | 1.1 miles | 28 | |
| North Pointe | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Walnut Park East | 2.1 miles | 28 | |
| Walnut Park West | 2.1 miles | 20 | |
| Mark Twain | 2.4 miles | 28 | |
| Penrose | 3.0 miles | 28 | |
| College Hill | 3.2 miles | 28 | |
| O'Fallon | 3.3 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2469202. 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.












