Riverside, Nevada

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Jackpot census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89835. It stands on Townsend Creek. The Survey maps it on the Henry quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Riverside within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1955 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Wells quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Henry quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Jackpot quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Riverside (historical) between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,701 acres in total. 7 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	7
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Debris and open burning	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
4 September 2006	Natural	3.0 acres	Elko District Office	BONANZA
21 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Elko District Office	HUBBARD
3 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	WINECUP
3 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	US93 MM120
15 August 2006	Natural	18 acres	Elko District Office	L AND D
15 August 2001	Natural	under an acre	Elko District Office	NDF 34
3 July 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Elko District Office	GREAT BASIN HIGHWAY
22 July 2020	Natural	8.8 acres	Elko District Office	BADLANDS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 115 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 115 workings within 5 miles of Riverside (historical): 73 past producers, 38 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Alice Mine	Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Molybdenum	Past Producer	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite
Alice Mine	Molybdenum, Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Amestoy	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Arkansas Claim	Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Iron, Lead	Occurrence	1912
Bellevue	Copper, Lead, Iron, Molybdenum	Past Producer	Vein
Blue Lode	Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum	Occurrence	Underground
Bonanza	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Molybdenum	Past Producer
Brooklyn Mine	Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silica, Silver	Past Producer
Camp Bird Prospect	Copper, Iron	Past Producer
Chestnut Burr	Copper, Silver, Lead	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Elko 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
Henry	2.3 miles	9
Contact	4.2 miles	11
O'Neil (historical)	11.7 miles	13
San Jacinto	12.0 miles	10
Shores	12.9 miles	9
Morlan (historical)	15.1 miles	10
Delaplain	16.3 miles	10
Schoer Place	18.1 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 852198. 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.