Riviera Beach, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Riviera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78379. It sits by Neubauer Rocks. The Survey maps it on the Riviera Beach quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1928 USGS Sarita quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Riviera Beach quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Riviera Beach quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Baffin Bay quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
10 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Riviera Beach between 2001 and 2019, burning about 521 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY BALE/GRASS FIRE |
| 2 September 2013 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LA PARRA BEACH HOUSE |
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KLEBERG COUNTY BEACH FIRE |
| 18 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 4 |
| 11 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KLEBERG COUNTY FIRE |
| 11 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 771 |
| 26 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALEB ROACH CONTROL BURN |
| 11 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIVIERA BEACH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riviera Beach in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riviera Beach | $2,000 | A tree was blown down on to a car near the King's Inn Restaurant in Loyola Beach. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Riviera Beach | - | Numerous sites at Riviera Beach Trailer Park are flooding due to heavy rain. |
| June 2025 | Flood | Riviera Beach | - | Roads are starting to flood throughout the area. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riviera Beach | - | TCOON site at Baffin Bay measured a gust to 77 mph. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Riviera Beach | - | Kleberg County official reported tornado near Farm to Market Road 771 east of Riviera.|Photo sent to the office confirmed the tornado report. |
| August 1999 | Flash Flood | Riviera Beach | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola Beach | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Vattman | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Vattmannville | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Riviera | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| El Martillo | 12.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ricardo | 13.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ojo de Angua | 17.8 miles | 10 | |
| Kingsville | 18.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2033966. 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.








