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Riverview, Oregon

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Skyline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97231. It lies near Dry Lake. The Survey maps it on the Sauvie Island quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Riverview within Multnomah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Riverview (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes3
Fireworks3
Smoking2
Natural1
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
8 September 1992Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreColumbia City UnitROCKY POINT
4 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersSKYLINE CAR FIRE
25 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreForest Grove DistrictTRESTLE FIRE
22 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
21 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreForest Grove DistrictSHELTERED NOOK BURN
2 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreColumbia City UnitROCKY PT RD#1
15 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersMCNAMEE RD FIRE
14 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreForest Grove DistrictSKYLINE VEHICLE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Multnomah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Riverview (historical): 13 past producers, 8 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 plant. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, 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
(Facility) Vancouver Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Ash Grove Cement PlantCalciumProducer
Bonser ProspectAluminum, IronOccurrenceBauxite
Bonser ProspectAluminum, IronOccurrence
Clay MineClayPast Producer
Skyline Blvd BauxiteAluminum, IronOccurrenceBauxite
Skyline Blvd Bauxite DepositAluminum, IronOccurrence
Unnamed PitClayProducer
Angell Bros. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hidden Valley LandfillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Multnomah 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
Burlington1.7 miles23
Holbrook2.3 miles23
Folkenberg3.4 miles23
Linnton4.8 miles24
Plainview (historical)4.9 miles24
Whitwood Court6.0 miles24
Saint Johns6.2 miles24
North Portland7.2 miles33

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 Riverview (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7338709The 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 1164011. 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.