Riverside, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Moreland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83221. The Survey maps it on the Moreland quadrangle. 930 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,459 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRiverside grew from 838 to 930 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 838 | |
| 2020 | 930 | +92 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1940 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Moreland quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1995 and 2020, burning about 672 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Bingham County | BINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 8 |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Fort Hall Agency | FORT HALL ASSIST 4 |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Bingham County | BINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 7 |
| 4 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Fort Hall Agency | FT. HALL ASST 3 |
| 4 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Fort Hall Agency | FT HALL ASST 12 |
| 4 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Fort Hall Agency | FT HALL ASST 11 |
| 4 September 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Fort Hall Agency | FT HALL ASST 10 |
| 27 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | BINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 10 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Platinum, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welch Ground, and Gold Point and Eagle Bend | Gold, Platinum, Titanium | Producer | 1865 | |
| Gold Point and Eagle Bend Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Snake River Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Welch Ground | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Blackfoot Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverside in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Riverside | $1,000 | An EF0 tornado touched down 2 miles south of Riverside nd moved north for 1.8 miles crossing the Snake River before dissipating just south os W 100 S (Thomas Road) and between S 275 W and S 670 W just south of Riverside. Damage consisted of a mix of several young and mature cottonwood trees that were wither snapped or uprooted on both private and BLM land . One downed live tree measured a foot in diameter. Another much larger downed tree was found with a diameter close to two feet. Minor damage was reported to a greenhouse. Maximum wind speeds were estimated at 80 to 85 mph with path width of 50-100 yards. It was on the ground for 1.8 miles. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Riverside | - | Funnel cloud sighted 1.5 miles west of Riverside. |
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.
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3937924 | 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 374693. 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.





