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Riverside Park, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Warwick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44683. It lies in Myers Valley. The Survey maps it on the New Philadelphia quadrangle.

Riverside Park within Tuscarawas County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Riverside Park, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Riverside Park, surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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.

In the 1884 county history

3,263 words on this township

The county history of 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Warwick Township covers formation, topography, first entries of military lands, pioneers.

Read the chapter on Warwick Township - 3,263 words.

Fires nearby

31 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Riverside Park between 2005 and 2020, burning about 73 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
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources5305
9 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15776
3 May 2015Debris and open burning1.8 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1142
20 May 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4905
11 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13588
11 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution18 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13665
3 April 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15602
3 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15599

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 496 shown

Museums hold 496 specimens collected within 10 miles of Riverside Park between 1851 and 1973: 377 Animalia, 82 Plantae, 35 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Perry, Adams J. M. R., Adams J. R. M. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 1895Pisidium cruciatum Sterki, 18951894G. MarstonTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
Specimen of Pisidium fallax Sterki, 1896Pisidium fallax Sterki, 18961894G. MarstonTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
Specimen of Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 1858Pisidium noveboracense Prime, 18581895G. Marstonfrom spring - brook lat. 4 miles south of New Philadelpia (Sterki)
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum appendiculatum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum appendiculatum Michx.1851Wolle, J.Tuscarawa City
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta marginata, not of this specimenAlasmidonta marginata Say, 18181883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta viridis, not of this specimenAlasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Anodontoides ferussacianus, not of this specimenAnodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Cyprogenia stegaria, not of this specimenCyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820)1883Sterki, VictorTuscarawas River, New Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Lasmigona complanata, not of this specimenLasmigona complanata (Barnes, 1823)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Pyganodon grandis, not of this specimenPyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Theliderma cylindrica, not of this specimenTheliderma cylindrica (Say, 1817)1883Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia
A photograph of the species Cyclonaias pustulosa, not of this specimenCyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)1884Sterki, VictorNew Philadelphia

All 496 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 17 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Riverside Park: 10 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Coal, Coal. 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
Arrow Head PitClay, CoalProducer
Plant Number 5Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Urichsville PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, CoalProducer
Midvale PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stewart and Reichman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stocker Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stocker Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Can-Tex Pit Number 1ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Can-Tex Pit Number 1ClayPast Producer
Evans Clay Products, Inc. MillClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tuscarawas 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
Tuscarawas1.1 miles15
Gnadenhutten2.2 miles15
Yankeetown (historical)2.6 miles15
Wainwright3.0 miles15
Uhrichsville3.1 miles16
Lock Seventeen3.2 miles15
Roanoake3.4 miles16
Newport3.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062981. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.