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Riverdale, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the St. Maries census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83861. It stands on Saint Maries River. The Survey maps it on the Saint Maries quadrangle. It stands 2,136 feet above sea level.

Riverdale within Benewah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Riverdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 397 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning22
Natural18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2012Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsUPPER SYRINGA
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreNorthern Idaho AgencyCASSANDRA HILLS
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSJS 7 MILE
8 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCHRISTMAS HILLS 2
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTURTLE
6 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCHRISTMAS HILLS
30 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPARTY SCENE
29 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWOLF DRAW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benewah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Riverdale: 4 producers, 4 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 3 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kaolin, Stone, 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
Carmon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Engle Mtn.Silver, Lead, Gold, CopperUnknown
Green Back Claim GroupZinc, Silver, LeadProspect
Greenback ProspectIronOccurrence
Monarch ProspectLead, Copper, ZincProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Silver Star ProspectGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, SilverProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
St. Maries Clay OccurrenceBrick ClayOccurrenceClay
Dement PitStoneProducer
Mauro PitStoneProducer
St. Maries Clay OccurrenceKaolinOccurrence

Every working recorded in Benewah County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverdale in 2 storm reports in 2012: 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
April 2012FloodRiverdale-The Saint Joe River at Saint Maries rose above the flood stage of 32.5 feet at 0300 PDT on March 31st, crested at 33.9 feet at 0600 PDT on April 1st, and receded below flood stage 2100 PDT on April 3rd. Saint Joe City Road flooded. Minor flooding was observed throughout low lying areas of the Saint Joe Valley and of the Aqua Park in Saint Maries.
March 2012FloodRiverdale-The Saint Joe River at Saint Maries rose above the flood stage of 32.5 feet at 0300 PDT on March 31st, crested at 33.9 feet at 0600 PDT on April 1st, and receded below flood stage 2100 PDT on April 3rd. Saint Joe City Road flooded. Minor flooding was observed throughout low lying areas of the Saint Joe Valley and of the Aqua Park in Saint Maries.

Every storm recorded in Benewah 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
Meadowhurst0.6 miles10
Milltown0.8 miles10
Saint Maries1.1 miles10
Chat'u'washa'lqs Bluff2.5 miles10
Omega4.1 miles10
Ramsdell6.6 miles9
Parkline7.0 miles9
Flat Creek7.5 miles9

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 Q133446192The 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 395005. 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.