BlockRiverside, South Dakota
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Riverside Township. It lies in ZIP code area 57014. It stands on Frog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wakonda quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1898 USGS Parker quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sioux Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Wakonda quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Freeman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Riverside (historical) between 1999 and 2020, burning about 147 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | KNUTSON |
| 23 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | NONE |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | IFD |
| 2 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression | not named |
| 22 November 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alcester Volunteer Fire Department | UNKNOWN |
| 18 November 1999 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Wakonda Fire & Rescue | HWY 19 & 302 ST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Riverside (historical): 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakonda Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wrigg Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colfax Corner | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lodi | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Star Corner (historical) | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wakonda | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Komstad (historical) | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Dalesburg | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Westreville | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hub City | 7.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1264511. 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.