Riverside, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Webb Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63957. It lies near McMillan Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Clearwater Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1943 USGS Ellington quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Ellington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Clearwater Dam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Riverside (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,085 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220626-02220-08172020-1530 |
| 30 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178924-02220-06132019-1509 |
| 9 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178493-02220-04092019-2327 |
| 9 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,422 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | MCKENZIE HILL |
| 3 April 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 190369-02220-04032020-1815 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Riverside (historical): 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gads Hill Quarry - Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Surface | |
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Anderson Bank | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Anderson Bank | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Anderson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Anderson Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Mountain Bakk | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Bear Mountain Bank | Iron | Occurrence | Limonite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webb (historical) | 8.7 miles | 18 | |
| Redford | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Ruble | 9.1 miles | 18 | |
| Helvey (historical) | 9.5 miles | 18 | |
| Ellington | 10.5 miles | 18 | |
| Grady | 10.9 miles | 18 | |
| Smithboro | 11.0 miles | 18 | |
| Chitwood | 11.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 739906. 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.












