Riverside, Arizona
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the North Pinal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85137. It lies near Kane Spring Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Kearny 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.
Kelvin Bridgelisted 1988 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1910 USGS Ray quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Kearny quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Mesa quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Globe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,370 acres in total. 6 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 | 39 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 27 September 1993 | Smoking | 10 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 3 August 1992 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 27 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 16 August 2020 | Natural | 590 acres | Gila District Office | ELDER |
| 12 August 1994 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 10 August 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 1 August 1995 | Natural | 150 acres | Phoenix District Office | CHRISTMAS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 61 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 24 past producers, 15 producers, 13 occurrences, 9 prospects. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A,B,C Group | Silver, Aluminum, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Manganese, Gold, Silica, Limestone, General | Prospect | ||
| Alice Property | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| C and B Group Bywater Mine? | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium | Producer | ||
| Copper Ace Group | Copper, Silica, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Elder Gulch Prospects | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Grayhorse Vanadium Property | Lead, Vanadium, Zinc, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Descloizite, Galena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite | |
| Honey Bee Claims | Copper, Silver, Quartz | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Honey Bee Claims | Copper, Iron, Manganese, Uranium, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Honey Bee No. 4 Claim | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Impact No. 1 and R.S. Waters Claim | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Gold |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Junction | 0.3 miles | 16 | |
| Kelvin | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Troy | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Kearny | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Branaman | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sonora | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Ray | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hayden Junction | 10.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 10330. 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.







