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Riverside Park, California

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Fortuna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95528. It stands on Hely Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redcrest quadrangle. It stands 253 feet above sea level.

Riverside Park within Humboldt County

Then and now

1921 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 58 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 Park, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Riverside Park, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Riverside Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 171 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined48
Equipment and vehicle use28
Debris and open burning18
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural3
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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFORD
9 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitFOX
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitCARLOTTA
3 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitREDWOOD
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitBRIDGE CREEK
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitLIGHTNING 3-2
24 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHumboldt-Del Norte UnitJORDAN
24 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Del Norte UnitHERMIT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Humboldt County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Riverside Park: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Cook's Calley Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Van Duzen Gravel BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Van Duzen River BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Elinor (historical)3.3 miles12
Pepperwood3.4 miles12
Stafford4.3 miles12
Shively4.6 miles12
Carlotta4.6 miles14
Holmes6.0 miles12
Rio Dell6.0 miles12
Stone6.5 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on Riverside ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7338558The 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 231648. 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.