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Riverview Terrace, South Carolina

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29203. It stands on Smith Branch. The Survey maps it on the Columbia North quadrangle.

Riverview Terrace within Richland County

On record in Riverview Terrace

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Riverview Terrace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 567 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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/undetermined78
Misuse of fire by a minor41
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Riverview Terrace: 9 past producers, 6 producers, 3 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Thorium. 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
Cayce QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cayce Silica PlantSilicaUnknown
Green HoleStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, GranitePast ProducerIgneous
Guignard MillClay, KaolinPast Producer
Smith Properties MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Westinghouse Elec. Corp--ColumbiaThoriumUnknown
Cayce QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1893
Columbia QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1883
Brick Plant No. 2ClayPast Producer
Brick Plant No. 4ClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Riverside Forest0.8 miles21
Byrneswood0.9 miles21
Elm Abode0.9 miles21
Eau Claire1.0 miles21
Dutch Square1.1 miles21
Emerald Valley1.3 miles21
Munster1.3 miles21
Riverbanks1.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1249309. 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.