BlockRiverside, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Greencastle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42101. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Riverside quadrangle. It stands 551 feet above sea level.
On record in Riverside
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Old Log Churchlisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1914 USGS Little Muddy quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Beaver Dam quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1998 and 2019, burning about 296 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RIVERSIDE |
| 13 April 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JOHNSON CEMENTARY ROAD |
| 9 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 75 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 9 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 1 March 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 November 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverside in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 1 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Tornado (EF1) | Riverside | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey on Wednesday, March 18th for the storms that occurred on Sunday night, March 15th. A tornado was determined to have occurred in Warren County with max winds of 90 MPH (EF1).||Damage was first observed along Pisgah Ridge near White Road south of Richardson Road. A nearby residence had minor shingle damage, but several farm outbuildings had significant roof damage. While most of the damage had a northeast direction with the storm motion, there was evidence of rotation. One barn roof was lofted to the northeast, however there were wood planks that were impaled into the ground in the opposite direction to the southwest. Also, a nearby shed was leaning to the northwest, which was toward the tornado circulation path. The tornado continued uphill toward more farm outbuildings where a roof was lofted to the north and to the east, which was slightly offset from the northeast storm motion and evidence of rotation. Max wind speeds in this location were estimated to be 90 mph.||The tornado continued to the northeast along Richardsville Road and damage was observed at a residence. A carport awning overhang roof was damaged and lifted to the northeast, however nearby tree damage occurred to the northwest toward the center of the tornado circulation. Winds at this location were between 80 and 90 mph.||The damage continued to the northeast along James Elkins Road where several trees had snapped damage. The nearby barn had roofing material loss, and the building was shifted and leaning to the northeast after being hit by the tornado. The roof damage was laying in several different directions and the snapped tree damage had evidence of breaking and twisting with the passing of the tornado. The tornado continued across Hall Road and toward Karl Young Road where damage to a home and nearby outbuildings occurred. The homeowner mentioned that the tornado had picked up a|zero turn mower and placed it back down on top of the shed roof damage. A nearby barn was destroyed as well. Debris was lofted into a nearby field to the north and northeast of the location. Several wood plank and plywood impalements were noted facing north and west, which was continued evidence of rotation. Beyond the field north of Karl Young Road, no additional damage was observed. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Riverside | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pisgah (historical) | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Benleo | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Clark Landing | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Guy | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Rockland | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Greencastle | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Richardsville | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Anna | 7.0 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Riverside | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14691157 | 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 508944. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.