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Riverton, Missouri

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65606. It lies near Couch Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Riverton quadrangle.

Riverton within Oregon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Riverton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,011 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 43 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
Arson/incendiarism43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
20 August 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresMark Twain National ForestHUFSTEDLER FIRE
12 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation177402-07526-08122018-1910
12 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor2.5 acresMark Twain National ForestDEAD PINE
4 July 2012Fireworks40 acresMark Twain National ForestINDEPENDENCE
26 July 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
22 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230733-07526-07222020-1220
30 June 2006Arson/incendiarism10 acresMark Twain National ForestWALKER HOLLOW
30 June 2006Arson/incendiarism30 acresMark Twain National ForestUNCLE KEVIN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oregon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Riverton: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Iron, 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
Alpha Gold MineGold, IronPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ab and Carl JohnsonIronOccurrenceSurface
Burgesser MineIronProspect1907
Carl Johnson ProspectIronOccurrenceSurface
Carson BankIronPast Producer
Charles Johnson ProspectIronProspect
Elbert Roberts MineIronPast ProducerSurface
Mrs.Ella Roberts PropertyIronPast Producer1936
Roy Leamon PropertyIronOccurrenceSurface

Every working recorded in Oregon County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverton in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023HailRiverton-Penny sized hail was reported.
June 2023HailRiverton-Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in a rural area. No damage was reported.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindRiverton-A tree was blown down on Highway 160 east of Alton near State Highway U.
August 2016Heavy RainRiverton-A twenty four hour rainfall total of 2.45 inches were measured at a mesonet station on the Eleven Point River near Bradley.
August 2016Heavy RainRiverton-A twenty four hour rainfall total of 4.38 inches was measured about 5 miles south of Wilderness.
June 2009Funnel CloudRiverton-Law enforcement observed a funnel cloud near Riverton.
April 1998HailRiverton-Hail fell in forested area.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindRiverton-no account filed
May 1997HailRiverton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oregon 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
Boze Mill1.1 miles14
Jobe5.2 miles12
Jobe (historical)5.7 miles12
Billmore5.9 miles14
Lulu6.2 miles13
Hollis6.7 miles13
Calm7.0 miles14
Braswell7.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 751898. 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.