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Riverside, Missouri

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Joachim Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63070. The Survey maps it on the Herculaneum quadrangle.

Riverside within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

32 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 2006 and 2020, burning about 117 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
12 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 July 2008Equipment and vehicle use10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesUNION PACIFIC
6 June 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesVAL 1
30 June 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
29 April 2018Debris and open burning25 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources42918
8 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 29 past producers, 6 producers, 2 plants. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
(Facility) Herculaneum SmelterLead, SmelterPlant
Crystal City Sand PlantSand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducer
Festus Pit & PlantSilicaPast Producer
Martin Marietta Sand PitSilicaProducer
McClenahan's MinesLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Unknown - LeadLeadPast Producer
Arch Johnston Excav Quarry/PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Aubuchon's MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Columbia Quarry No. 3Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Pevely0.8 miles25
Herculaneum1.3 miles25
Bushburg1.3 miles25
Engle (historical)2.6 miles25
Horine2.7 miles25
Sulphur Springs3.4 miles26
Munsons3.4 miles25
Barnhart4.0 miles25

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 RiversideAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27985503The 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 741202. 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.