Riverton, Oregon
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Coquille census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97423. It stands on Woolsey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Riverton quadrangle. 150 people lived here at the 1940 count. It stands 23 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRiverton fell from 200 to 150 between 1915 and 1940. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 200 | |
| 1940 | 150 |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1896 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000
- 1900 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Bandon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Bandon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Riverton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Coos Bay quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Riverton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 381 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | LITTLE FISHTRAP |
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 347 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | NORTH BANK LANE MM8 |
| 8 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | SEVENMILE CREEK |
| 6 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | BEAVER SLOUGH |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | NORTH BANK RD |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Coos Forest Protective Association | BEAVER CREEK |
| 27 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | MM 6 HWY 42S |
| 21 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | HWY 42S MILEPOST 14 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Riverton: 9 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Chromium, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Extension Mine | Gold, PGE | Occurrence | ||
| Section 27 Chromite Occurrence | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Section 27 Chromium Occurence | Chromium | Occurrence | Float | |
| Fat Elk Site | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Fat Elk Site | Stone | Producer | ||
| Messerle Site | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Messerle Site | Stone | Producer | ||
| Albertson Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Albertson Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Coquille River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lampa (historical) | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Leneve | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Point | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Parkersburg | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Randolph | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Coquille | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Prosper | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Winterville | 5.5 miles | 21 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Riverton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7338669 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1136691. 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.









