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.
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.
- Riverside Community Halllisted 2023 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1913 USGS Oakville quadrangle1:31680
- 1916 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Salem quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Corvallis quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1998Regional 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 use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Philomath Unit | RIVENDALE LANE FIRE |
| 12 September 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Philomath Unit | MT. VIEW DRIVE |
| 6 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Philomath Unit | ARMSTRONG DRIVE |
| 3 August 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Philomath Unit | MOUNTAIN VIEW |
| 30 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge | VILLA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Plant Ti | Titanium, Metal | Plant | 1968 | |
| Cox Pit and Plant | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Porcupine Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Albany Rock-Truax | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Albany Rock-Truax | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bryant Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Conser Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Conser Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Tangent | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Draperville | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Millersburg | 7.2 miles | 19 | |
| Central (historical) | 9.8 miles | 20 | |
| Shedd | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Peoria | 11.2 miles | 16 | |
| Burlington (historical) | 11.3 miles | 16 |
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 Q7338385 | 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 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.










