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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1898 USGS Nampa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Marsing quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Boise quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Boise District | BURNTBLANK |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boise District | DILLEY |
| 26 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 51 acres | Boise District | PICKLEBUTT |
| 16 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 107 acres | Boise District | PICKLE |
| 17 August 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 29 acres | Boise District | ROSS |
| 1 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 acres | Boise District | MAPROCK |
| 8 July 2002 | Fireworks | 77 acres | Boise District | ROCKY |
| 8 July 2002 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Boise District | DILLPICKLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsing Clay | Clay | Producer | ||
| Peat Moss | Peat | Occurrence | ||
| Pumice Occurrence | Pumice, Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Rock Tepe Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Twin Buttes Group | REE, Gemstone, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pumice Occurrence | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Squaw Creek Claims | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Uranium Occurrence | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowlton Heights | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Sunnyslope | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Huston | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Central Cove | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Underkoflers Corner | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Karcher Junction | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Moss | 11.1 miles | 14 | |
| Nampa | 11.1 miles | 14 |
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 Q7338368 | 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 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.





