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Riverside, Indiana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46714. The Survey maps it on the Linn Grove quadrangle.

Riverside within Wells County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 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

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 2002 and 2004, burning about 18 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 June 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 April 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
15 April 2003Debris and open burning10 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
30 October 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
30 October 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
16 October 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIndiana State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wells County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Riverside: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Linn Grove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wells 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
Vera Cruz0.5 miles11
Reiffsburg4.5 miles11
Bluffton5.4 miles11
Craigville5.7 miles10
Domestic5.8 miles10
Toll Gate Heights6.0 miles10
Curryville6.3 miles10
Travisville6.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 442080. 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.