Riverside, New Mexico
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Tyrone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88028. It stands on Lobo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cliff quadrangle. It stands 4,482 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cliff quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1990 USGS Cliff quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1993 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | IRON BRIDGE |
| 11 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Las Cruces Field Office | MANGUS |
| 28 June 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SHIRLEY |
| 25 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Socorro District | SYCAMORE |
| 12 June 1994 | Natural | 40 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | SYCAMORE |
| 29 April 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RIVER |
| 30 March 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | OLD COTTONWD |
| 1 March 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MESA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Materials Pit 64-12-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Black Tower | Manganese | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| Black Tower Claim | Manganese | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Hillside | Manganese | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Hillside | Manganese | Past Producer | 1952 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Gila | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Mangas Springs | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Buckhorn | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Telegraph (historical) | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Alhambra (historical) | 15.2 miles | 12 | |
| Black Hawk (historical) | 16.1 miles | 12 | |
| Little Walnut Village | 18.3 miles | 14 |
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 Riverside | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18390554 | The 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 893985. 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.





