Riverside, Oregon
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Juntura census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97917. It stands on South Fork Malheur River. The Survey maps it on the Warm Springs Reservoir quadrangle. It stands 3,343 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Burns quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Stinkingwater Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Winnemucca Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1994 and 2014, burning about 1,302 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | 108 acres | Burns District | WINNEMUCCA |
| 15 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | BEACHES |
| 5 August 2007 | Natural | 59 acres | Burns District | RIVERSIDE |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Burns District | OVER KILL |
| 26 July 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | SHEEP ROCK |
| 21 July 1997 | Natural | 197 acres | Burns District | WINNEMUCA |
| 20 July 2002 | Natural | 884 acres | Vale District | SHEEP ROCK |
| 18 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | RIVERSIDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaylock | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Blaylock Community Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lower Chapman Reservior | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lower Chapman Reservoir | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverside in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | Red Butte RAWS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creston | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Juntura | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Crowley | 22.2 miles | 6 | |
| Bohna (historical) | 24.2 miles | 9 | |
| Beulah | 25.2 miles | 10 | |
| Cord (historical) | 28.8 miles | 8 | |
| Harper | 36.6 miles | 8 | |
| Westfall | 39.2 miles | 8 |
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 Q7338386 | 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 1136689. 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.




