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Riverside, North Dakota

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in West Fargo City. It lies in ZIP code area 58078. The Survey maps it on the West Fargo North quadrangle.

Riverside within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 24 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

23 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 2005 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2

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
28 September 2019Smokingunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
8 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use10 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Servicenot named
9 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service38 ST S DITCH FIRE
9 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service64TH AVE. N. & 25TH ST. N. FARGO
7 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceFARM FEILD CONTROLLED BURN
30 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
3 June 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Dakota State Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
4 May 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresNorth Dakota State Forest Service2017310

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

21 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverside in 21 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025HailRiverside-Hail reported by trained spotter in West Fargo.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRiverside-Numerous large trees were snapped around Fargo. A few garage doors were blown in and garage sidewalls blown out in at least two apartment complexes. A semi was tumbled on Interstate 29 near 13th avenue south.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindRiverside-Three power poles were blown down.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindRiverside-Numerous tree branches were blown down with sporadic power outages.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindRiverside-A small tree was blown down in West Fargo.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindRiverside-A few 3 to 4 inch tree branches were blown down.
August 2016HailRiverside-Nickel to half dollar size hail fell along with winds estimated at 40 mph.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRiverside-A large tree was blown down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindRiverside-Nickel sized hail and very heavy rain was also reported.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindRiverside-Large trees and fences were blown down all over West Fargo. Power outages were also reported.
May 2011HailRiverside-The large hail broke windows on a car.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindRiverside-Trees were blown down in West Fargo, blocking streets.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindRiverside-Dime sized hail also fell.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRiverside-The strong winds knocked down numerous large trees and caused widespread shingle and roof damage to homes. Large cottonwood branches of three to four inches in diameter were blown onto the top of a vehicle. Numerous sections of wooden fencing were blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRiverside-Several trees were blown down.
July 2022HailRiverside-no account filed
August 2020HailRiverside-no account filed
August 2018HailRiverside-no account filed
August 2016HailRiverside-no account filed
July 2014HailRiverside-no account filed
July 2012HailRiverside-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
West Fargo0.8 miles24
South West Fargo0.9 miles24
Pinkham2.4 miles24
Reiles Acres3.2 miles25
Fife3.4 miles24
Prairie Rose5.8 miles25
Fargo5.9 miles25
Harwood6.5 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1033909. 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.