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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.

Riverside within Reynolds County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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

51 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined19
Debris and open burning17
Arson/incendiarism9
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresMissouri Department of Conservation220626-02220-08172020-1530
30 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178924-02220-06132019-1509
9 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178493-02220-04092019-2327
9 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
7 April 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,422 acresMissouri Department of ConservationMCKENZIE HILL
3 April 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation190369-02220-04032020-1815

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reynolds County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gads Hill Quarry - PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSurface
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Anderson BankIronOccurrence
Anderson BankIronProspect
Anderson MineIronPast ProducerSurface
Anderson MineIronPast Producer
Bear Mountain BakkIronPast Producer
Bear Mountain BankIronOccurrenceLimonite

Every working recorded in Reynolds 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
Webb (historical)8.7 miles18
Redford8.8 miles18
Ruble9.1 miles18
Helvey (historical)9.5 miles18
Ellington10.5 miles18
Grady10.9 miles18
Smithboro11.0 miles18
Chitwood11.1 miles18

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.