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Riverside, Montana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59840. It stands on Blodgett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton North quadrangle.

Riverside within Ravalli County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,886 acres in total. 17 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
Recreation and ceremony23
Natural17
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBitterroot National Forestnot named
6 September 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresBitterroot National ForestSAWTOOTH LANE MUTUAL AID
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRavaIIi County500 STONEGATE DR UNIT 4
29 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBitterroot National ForestCANYON HEAD
26 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBitterroot National Forestnot named
2 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBitterroot National ForestCANYON CK.
11 September 1996Smoking3.0 acresBitterroot National ForestMILL CR.
9 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBitterroot National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ravalli County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron. 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
Canyon CreekTitanium, Thorium, Zirconium, IronUnknown
Sawtooth CreekTitanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknown
Sleeping Child QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Blodgett CreekTitanium, Iron, Thorium, ZirconiumUnknown
Mill CreekTitanium, Iron, Thorium, ZirconiumUnknown
Palmen Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ravalli County CrusherSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sheafman CreekTitanium, Iron, Thorium, ZirconiumUnknown
Woodside Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ravalli 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
Hamilton1.9 miles16
Leisure Village2.1 miles16
Woodside2.7 miles17
Woodside Crossing2.7 miles17
Dutch Hill (historical)3.4 miles17
Corvallis3.6 miles16
Quast4.6 miles16
Pinesdale4.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 789610. 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.