Riverside, New Mexico
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It lies in ZIP code area 87532. It stands on Santa Cruz River. The Survey maps it on the Espanola quadrangle.
On record in Riverside
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Chimayo Trading Post and Trujillo, E.D., Houselisted 1999 · 0.1 miles away
Frank Bond Houselisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1892 USGS Santa Clara quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Los Alamos quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Albuquerque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Espanola quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
334 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 334 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,576 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 55 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 126 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Fireworks | 16 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | PHILIP |
| 7 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | BROKEN AX |
| 7 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | RESUMEDERO |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Bandelier National Monument | CHURCH |
| 19 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Pueblos Agency | DEBRIS |
| 7 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Northern Pueblos Agency | FENCE |
| 6 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | M50 |
| 31 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Santa Fe National Forest | JOE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 3 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| San Jose No 13 Claim | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Bartholomew - Sanchez Grant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lowdermilk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Pit No. 55-70-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 59-60-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Materials Pit No. 59-62-S | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Pedro | 0.5 miles | 20 | |
| Española | 0.7 miles | 20 | |
| Santo Niño | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Guachupangue | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Fairview | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| El Guacho | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Santa Clara | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| El Llano | 2.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 918332. 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.









