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Riverview Park, South Carolina

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mayo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29330. It stands on Pole Bridge Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cowpens quadrangle.

Riverview Park within Spartanburg County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Riverview Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 703 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined65
Debris and open burning28
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use15
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2016Debris and open burning15 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1998Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2009Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spartanburg County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Riverview Park: 4 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. 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
Chapman Sand Plant #6 (Converse)SandUnknownSedimentary
Unnamed Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknownMetamorphic
Love Springs MineGoldUnknown1908
Love Springs MineGoldPast Producer
Pacolet River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Pacolet River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Spartanburg 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
Whitlock Park1.2 miles14
Bellview Acres1.3 miles14
Enola1.6 miles14
Cannons Camp Ground1.6 miles14
Lakeview Manor2.1 miles13
Cowpens2.2 miles14
Kentwood2.2 miles13
Clifton Station2.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1248536. 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.