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Riverview, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Black Brook town. It lies in ZIP code area 12981. It stands on Cold Brook. The Survey maps it on the Alder Brook quadrangle.

Riverview within Clinton County

Then and now

1911 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Riverview, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Riverview, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

28 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Riverview between 2004 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined13
Natural11
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
21 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 July 2016Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
31 July 2012Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
21 July 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 May 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 May 2007Natural1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clinton County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Riverview: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Bowen and Signor MineIronPast Producer1845, 1854, 1885
Clayburg MineIronPast Producer1840, 1841, 1880
Clayburg MinesIronPast Producer1844
Duncan Mountain ProspectIronOccurrenceReplacement
Duncan Mountain ProspectIronProspect
Tremblay MineIronPast Producer1858, 1880
Tremblay MineIronPast Producer1858
Tremblay PitsIronOccurrence1844
Tremblay PitsIronPast Producer1844

Every working recorded in Clinton County

Storms near this place

4 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverview in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
July 2023Flash FloodRiverview$500,000Two to four inches of rain fell during the evening hours on July 9. This led to areas of significant flash flooding, most notably in the towns of Saranac, Redford and Altona. The town of Altona was hardest hit, with numerous road washouts.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindRiverview$10,000no account filed
March 2020Thunderstorm WindRiverview$5,000Convective winds downed approximately 12 trees.
July 1994HailRiverview-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
High Bank3.1 miles18
Clayburg3.7 miles18
Hawkeye5.0 miles18
Union Falls5.2 miles18
Redford5.7 miles18
Standish7.7 miles18
Moffitsville8.9 miles18
Russia9.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962608. 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.