Riverside, New Mexico

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Aztec census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87410. It lies near Line Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mount Nebo quadrangle.

Riverside within San Juan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1889 USGS Largo quadrangle1:250000
1895 USGS Largo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1962 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Aztec quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Navajo Reservoir quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS Cedar Hill quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

219 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 692 acres in total. 200 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	200
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Debris and open burning	5
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
7 September 1995	Natural	under an acre	Farmington Field Office	DUTCHMAN
5 September 2001	Natural	4.0 acres	Southern Ute Agency	BEEF RIDGE
4 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Southern Ute Agency	TACO
4 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Southern Ute Agency	SMOLDERING
21 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Southern Ute Agency	VISITOR
2 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Farmington Field Office	JUNIPER 2
1 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Southern Ute Agency	HERSCH
6 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Southern Ute Agency	OIL WELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Juan County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Riverside: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
	Chilton Prospect	Uranium	Occurrence

Every working recorded in San Juan 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cedar Hill	3.2 miles	16
Inca	6.8 miles	16
Center Point	8.2 miles	16
Aztec	12.7 miles	16
La Boca	14.4 miles	17
Spencerville	14.8 miles	19
Archuleta	15.7 miles	15
Alcatraz	16.8 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902344. 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.