Riverside, South Carolina
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lancaster census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29720. It stands on Sandy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Van Wyck quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Spartanburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Van Wyck quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
121 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 294 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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 | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Other causes | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverside in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | Lancaster County dispatch reported trees down at Riverside Road and University Drive. Time estimated by radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fosters Crossroads | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Caskey | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Quail Haven | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cedar Terrace | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Arrowood Estates | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Shiloh | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Gregwood | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Westwood | 4.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1250393. 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.
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.






