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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS St. Maries quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Maries quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS St Maries quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS St. Maries quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
90 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 22 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | UPPER SYRINGA |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Idaho Agency | CASSANDRA HILLS |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SJS 7 MILE |
| 8 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CHRISTMAS HILLS 2 |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TURTLE |
| 6 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CHRISTMAS HILLS |
| 30 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PARTY SCENE |
| 29 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WOLF DRAW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Engle Mtn. | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Green Back Claim Group | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Greenback Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Monarch Prospect | Lead, Copper, Zinc | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Silver Star Prospect | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| St. Maries Clay Occurrence | Brick Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Dement Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Mauro Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| St. Maries Clay Occurrence | Kaolin | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | Flood | Riverdale | - | 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 2012 | Flood | Riverdale | - | 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. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowhurst | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| Milltown | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Maries | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Chat'u'washa'lqs Bluff | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Omega | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ramsdell | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Parkline | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Flat Creek | 7.5 miles | 9 |
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 Q133446192 | The 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.





