Riverside, South Carolina
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29611. It stands on Langston Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.
On record in Riverside
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Monaghan Milllisted 2005 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1935 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:100000
Photographs
1 photograph, 1943Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Delano, Jack, 1943. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1992 and 2018, burning about 392 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica, Sand, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgcomb Steel--Greenville, S.C. | Iron, Aluminum | Producer | ||
| Saluda Lake Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| Boling Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| C H Ellis Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| G F Fuller Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Greenville Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomas Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | Sedimentary | |
| W.F. Thomas Sand Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monaghan | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sans Souci | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hughes Heights | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| City View | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cedar Lane Gardens | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| View Point Place | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Hills | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Poinsett | 1.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231735. 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.








