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Riverside, Colorado

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Upper St. Vrain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80540. The Survey maps it on the Raymond quadrangle.

Riverside within Boulder County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,139 acres in total. 41 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/undetermined66
Natural41
Recreation and ceremony20
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
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
9 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grasslandnot named
7 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-Boulder Districtnot named
6 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandTAYLOR MOUNTAIN
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLefthand Fire Protection DistrictN/A
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSLAUGHTERHOUSE
5 September 2013Natural1.0 acresLefthand Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandBUNCE SCHOOL
30 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAllenspark Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boulder County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 114 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 114 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 61 past producers, 35 occurrences, 15 producers, 2 prospects. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver, Uranium. 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
ArgoUranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver, Lead, CopperProducerVein
ArgoFluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Copper, Uranium, Lead, SilverPast ProducerFluorspar, Galena, Sphalerite, Pyrite, Tennantite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite
Brown SparFluorine-Fluorite, UraniumProducerVein
BuckhornGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerPyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena
BuenaGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer1879
Buena MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Tungsten, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerKrennerite, Gold, Sylvanite, Petzite
BurlingtonUranium, Fluorine-FluoriteProducer
Cal-Wood Mica MineMica, FeldsparPast Producer
Castle GulchGemstone, SilverPast Producer
EmmetClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boulder County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverside in 2 storm reports in 2013: 2 flash flood. The reports record 3 deaths and 2 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2013Flash FloodRiverside3 killed, 2 hurtIn Boulder, Old Tale Road at McSorley was closed due to debris and downed trees. Debris forced the partial closure of 3rd Street and Canyon and the Eastbound lane of Baseline Road near Foothills Parkway. Flooding was also reported at: 9th and Alpine, 9th and Balsam and South Boulder Road at Manhatten Street. Two teenagers in Boulder were killed when they abandoned their vehicle while trying to flee the floodwaters. The two other occupants suffered minor injuries; one escaped the vehicle while the other remained in the car and was later rescued. In the city of Boulder, 61 properties were destroyed.||In the Fourmile burn area, widespread flash flooding and debris flows forced the closure of Fourmile Canyon at Boulder Canyon. Water was also reportedly flowing over Gold Run Road at Ingram Gulch due to a blocked culvert. Major structural damage occurred in Fourmile Canyon and Jamestown, which forced a mandatory evacuation of all residents. A man in Jamestown was killed when the building he was in collapsed. In the Jamestown area, 26 properties were destroyed. Flash flooding was also reported in Lefthand Canyon. In unincorporated Boulder County, a total of 86 properties were destroyed.
September 2013Flash FloodRiverside-Flash flooding forced numerous road closures in the city of Boulder including Lookout Road, from 79th to 95th, and South Boulder Road near Cherryvale. In addition, culverts were reportedly overflowing at 51st and Kelso Road. In Erie, Vista Parkway was inundated with 3 ft of standing water.

Every storm recorded in Boulder 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
Raymond2.0 miles27
Balarat2.4 miles27
Pine Valley2.7 miles27
Arrowood4.0 miles28
Bark Ranch4.0 miles28
Ferncliff4.2 miles28
Peaceful Valley4.4 miles27
Allenspark4.9 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 178265. 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.

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.