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Riverside, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83544. The Survey maps it on the Orofino West quadrangle.

Riverside within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,617 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined68
Natural44
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking5
Other causes2

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
8 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsEUREKA RIDGE
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,631 acresClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationCLOVER
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationRANCHETTES
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNez Perce TribeSLAUGHTER HOUSE
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWIXSON HEIGHTS SUB
5 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBEACH BUM
4 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresIdaho Department of LandsAHSAHKA RIDGE
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsOLD AHSAHKA GRADE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 12 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, High Calcium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Clearwater Lime Products Co. QuarryLimestone, General, Limestone, Ultra PurePast ProducerLimestone
Clearwater Lime Products Co. QuarryMarble, Dimension, Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerMetamorphic
Clearwater Lime Products Co. QuarryLimestone, Ultra Pure, Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
DeweyGold, SilverPast Producer
Fords Creek PitStone, DimensionUnknown
North Fork, Clearwater RiverGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
OrofinoCalciumOccurrence
Sylvanite Gold-Copper PropertyGold, CopperOccurrence
ClearwaterLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Dworshak Dam StoneStonePast ProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Clearwater 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
Bruce Eddy1.3 miles11
Ahsahka1.5 miles11
Orofino2.5 miles10
Konkolville5.3 miles10
Teakean5.8 miles10
Blake6.5 miles10
Peck7.2 miles8
Brunning8.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 389404. 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.