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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.

Riverside within Pinal County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

59 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined39
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking3
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
27 September 1993Smoking10 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
3 August 1992Natural5.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
27 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
16 August 2020Natural590 acresGila District OfficeELDER
12 August 1994Smoking4.0 acresArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
10 August 1993Smokingunder an acreArizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Officenot named
1 August 1995Natural150 acresPhoenix District OfficeCHRISTMAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinal County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 61 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
A,B,C GroupSilver, Aluminum, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Manganese, Gold, Silica, Limestone, GeneralProspect
Alice PropertyCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
C and B Group Bywater Mine?Copper, Lead, Zinc, VanadiumProducer
Copper Ace GroupCopper, Silica, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Elder Gulch ProspectsLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, MolybdenumOccurrenceVein
Grayhorse Vanadium PropertyLead, Vanadium, Zinc, MolybdenumOccurrenceDescloizite, Galena, Vanadinite, Wulfenite
Honey Bee ClaimsCopper, Silver, QuartzOccurrenceVein
Honey Bee ClaimsCopper, Iron, Manganese, Uranium, SilicaPast Producer
Honey Bee No. 4 ClaimCopper, UraniumOccurrence
Impact No. 1 and R.S. Waters ClaimGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Gold

Every working recorded in Pinal 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
Ray Junction0.3 miles16
Kelvin0.9 miles16
Troy4.1 miles16
Kearny4.2 miles16
Branaman4.4 miles16
Sonora4.6 miles16
Ray5.8 miles16
Hayden Junction10.0 miles16

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.