Riverside, Nevada
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89007. It lies near Cook Bottom. The Survey maps it on the Riverside quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1886 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1893 USGS Saint Thomas quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Virgin Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Las Vegas quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Overton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,434 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 180 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | VIRGINRIVE |
| 15 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | RIVERSIDE |
| 7 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | TIE |
| 21 August 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | I15107CLAR |
| 16 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | MM 111 |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | CCFD 5 |
| 9 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | I15 MM 109 |
| 8 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 137 acres | Southern Nevada District Office | TOQUOP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruna Biasi Well | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Bunkerville Water Users Assoc. | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Well | Geothermal | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverside in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Hail | Riverside | $20,000 | Large hail dented several cars on Interstate 15. The hail size is an estimate, and may be underestimated considering the nature of damage reported. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | $15,000 | A thunderstorm wind gust blew over a semi truck on Interstate 15 just south of Exit 112. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Riverside | - | A driver on Interstate 15 posted a short video of estimated one inch diameter hail occurring on the freeway. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Riverside | - | A motorcyclist on Interstate 15 reported hail up to penny size. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | The Laughlin Fire Department reported wind gusts up to 58 mph from a nearby thunderstorm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunkerville | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Mesquite | 9.4 miles | 20 | |
| Saint Joseph (historical) | 16.6 miles | 21 | |
| Old Overton (historical) | 16.8 miles | 21 | |
| Simonsville (historical) | 16.8 miles | 21 | |
| Logandale | 17.0 miles | 21 | |
| Amber | 17.0 miles | 21 | |
| Moapa Valley | 17.0 miles | 21 |
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 Q7338390 | 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 843237. 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.
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.








