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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 24 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.
- 1895 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1897 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:125000, 12 printings
- 1953 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS West Fargo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS West Fargo North quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Fargo quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
23 since 2005Regional 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 burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 38 ST S DITCH FIRE |
| 9 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 64TH AVE. N. & 25TH ST. N. FARGO |
| 7 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | FARM FEILD CONTROLLED BURN |
| 30 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Dakota State Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | North Dakota State Forest Service | 2017310 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 2010Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Hail | Riverside | - | Hail reported by trained spotter in West Fargo. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | Three power poles were blown down. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | Numerous tree branches were blown down with sporadic power outages. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | A small tree was blown down in West Fargo. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | A few 3 to 4 inch tree branches were blown down. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Riverside | - | Nickel to half dollar size hail fell along with winds estimated at 40 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | A large tree was blown down. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | Nickel sized hail and very heavy rain was also reported. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | Large trees and fences were blown down all over West Fargo. Power outages were also reported. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Riverside | - | The large hail broke windows on a car. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | Trees were blown down in West Fargo, blocking streets. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | Dime sized hail also fell. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Riverside | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Fargo | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| South West Fargo | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Pinkham | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Reiles Acres | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Fife | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Prairie Rose | 5.8 miles | 25 | |
| Fargo | 5.9 miles | 25 | |
| Harwood | 6.5 miles | 24 |
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.







