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Riverside, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Huston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83607. It lies near Liberty Butte. The Survey maps it on the Marsing quadrangle. It stands 2,280 feet above sea level.

Riverside within Canyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,800 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks4
Natural2
Firearms and explosives use2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresBoise DistrictBURNTBLANK
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictDILLEY
26 September 2000Debris and open burning51 acresBoise DistrictPICKLEBUTT
16 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined107 acresBoise DistrictPICKLE
17 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution29 acresBoise DistrictROSS
1 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined58 acresBoise DistrictMAPROCK
8 July 2002Fireworks77 acresBoise DistrictROCKY
8 July 2002Natural7.0 acresBoise DistrictDILLPICKLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Canyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 8 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Geothermal. 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
Marsing ClayClayProducer
Peat MossPeatOccurrence
Pumice OccurrencePumice, DiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Rock Tepe MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Twin Buttes GroupREE, Gemstone, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed Pumice OccurrencePumiceOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Squaw Creek ClaimsUraniumPast Producer
Uranium OccurrenceUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Canyon 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
Knowlton Heights3.0 miles13
Sunnyslope6.1 miles13
Huston7.5 miles13
Central Cove8.9 miles13
Underkoflers Corner9.5 miles13
Karcher Junction10.4 miles14
Moss11.1 miles14
Nampa11.1 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.

Wikidata item Q7338368The 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 397322. 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.