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Riverside, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97321. The Survey maps it on the Riverside quadrangle. It stands 223 feet above sea level.

Riverside within Linn County

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1998 and 2006, burning about 6 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acrePhilomath UnitRIVENDALE LANE FIRE
12 September 2000Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePhilomath UnitMT. VIEW DRIVE
6 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acrePhilomath UnitARMSTRONG DRIVE
3 August 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acrePhilomath UnitMOUNTAIN VIEW
30 June 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresBaskett Slough National Wildlife RefugeVILLA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 19 past producers, 11 producers, 1 plant. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Titanium, Metal, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Albany Plant TiTitanium, MetalPlant1968
Cox Pit and PlantStonePast Producer
Porcupine MineGoldPast Producer
Albany Rock-TruaxSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Albany Rock-TruaxSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bryant Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Conser PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Conser PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Linn 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Albany3.4 miles19
Tangent5.2 miles18
Draperville6.9 miles19
Millersburg7.2 miles19
Central (historical)9.8 miles20
Shedd10.3 miles16
Peoria11.2 miles16
Burlington (historical)11.3 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q7338385The 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 1136690. 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.