BlockFrom the record
One of 30 National Register listings published here for Bannock County · listed in 1979 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Riverside Inn
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 112 Portneuf Ave., Lava Hot Springs, 83246
- When was it listed? August 1979
- Category. building
- Census division. South Bannock
- National Register reference number. 79000770 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Riverside Inn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,629 acres in total. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Fireworks | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | MILL CREEK |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | FISH CREEK |
| 3 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | WHEEL |
| 2 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bannock County | DEMPSEY |
| 15 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 358 acres | Idaho Falls District | LAVA III |
| 1 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | SPORTSMAN ACCESS |
| 9 August 2013 | Natural | 132 acres | Idaho Falls District | FRANSON |
| 8 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Idaho Falls District | SMITH CYN |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Riverside Inn: 5 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite, Manganese, Silica, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Laketown Dolomite | Stone, Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Lava Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Saturday Group Occurrence | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Sunday Group Occurrence | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Fish Haven Dolomite | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Lava Hot Springs | Manganese | Past Producer | 1955 | |
| Topaz Dolomite Mining Claim | Magnesite | Occurrence | Dolomite | |
| Vanza Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite | |
| Vanza Mine | Manganese | Past Producer |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
3 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitestone Hotel | under 500 feet | 1980 | |
| L.D.S. Ward Building | 0.4 miles | 1999 | |
| Lava High School Gymnasium | 0.4 miles | 1997 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000770 in Record Group 79. |
| Bannock County | All 30 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.