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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1941 USGS Gatewood quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Gatewood quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Riverton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS West Plains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Riverton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | HUFSTEDLER FIRE |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177402-07526-08122018-1910 |
| 12 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | DEAD PINE |
| 4 July 2012 | Fireworks | 40 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | INDEPENDENCE |
| 26 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 22 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230733-07526-07222020-1220 |
| 30 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | WALKER HOLLOW |
| 30 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | UNCLE KEVIN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Gold Mine | Gold, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ab and Carl Johnson | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Burgesser Mine | Iron | Prospect | 1907 | |
| Carl Johnson Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Surface | |
| Carson Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Charles Johnson Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Elbert Roberts Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Mrs.Ella Roberts Property | Iron | Past Producer | 1936 | |
| Roy Leamon Property | Iron | Occurrence | Surface |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Riverton | - | Penny sized hail was reported. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Riverton | - | Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported in a rural area. No damage was reported. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverton | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 160 east of Alton near State Highway U. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Riverton | - | A twenty four hour rainfall total of 2.45 inches were measured at a mesonet station on the Eleven Point River near Bradley. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Riverton | - | A twenty four hour rainfall total of 4.38 inches was measured about 5 miles south of Wilderness. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Riverton | - | Law enforcement observed a funnel cloud near Riverton. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Riverton | - | Hail fell in forested area. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverton | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Riverton | - | 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.
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.







