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Riverside, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the North Coastal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95550. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Korbel quadrangle.

Riverside within Humboldt County

Then and now

1922 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Riverside, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Riverside, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined56
Debris and open burning36
Equipment and vehicle use26
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes1

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
8 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitROXANNE
7 September 2004Smokingunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitESSEX
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBUCKLEY
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFUSI
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHATCHERY 3
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHATCHERY 00
30 September 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLIGHTNING
3 September 2015Other causesunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBUTTERMILK LN BAYSIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 9 producers, 5 occurrences, 3 prospects, 3 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite. 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
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
Hungry HollowClayProspectSedimentary
Hungry HollowClayOccurrence
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Jacoby Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralProspectSedimentary
Jacoby Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Liscomb HillBarium-BariteOccurrenceBarite
Liscomb HillBarium-BariteProspect
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrenceSedimentary

Every working recorded in Humboldt 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
Korbel0.8 miles14
Blue Lake1.5 miles16
Glendale3.5 miles21
Fickle Hill3.8 miles21
Essex4.5 miles21
Sunny Brae5.1 miles21
Bayside5.1 miles21
The Springs5.7 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q7338375The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1682579. 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.