Riverside, New York
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kirkwood town. It lies in ZIP code area 13795. It stands on Snake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Binghamton East quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1904 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1937 USGS Binghamton East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Binghamton East quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Binghamton East quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Binghamton East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 2001 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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 | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 25 September 2017 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 19 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Pennsylvania Division of Forest Fire Protection | 121 SUSQUEHANNA |
| 16 September 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 16 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Riverside: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conklin Gravel Bed | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corbettsville | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Blatchley | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Conklin Station | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Conklin | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Kirkwood | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Conklin Center | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Lester | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Langdon | 4.5 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962568. 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.









