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Riverside, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Brownsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78520. The Survey maps it on the West Brownsville quadrangle.

Riverside within Cameron 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 3 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

81 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1994 and 2020, burning about 909 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 were 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism18
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
4 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugePHILLIPS
27 August 1998Debris and open burning10 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeJERONIMO 2
21 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Ana National Wildlife RefugeFISH HATCHERY
21 August 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeWOOD
7 July 2005Debris and open burning21 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugePHILLIPS BANCO
6 July 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeVILLA 2
5 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexDAKOTA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cameron County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Chromium, Manganese, Strontium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite. 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
Brownsville PlantManganeseProducer
C E Minerals Chrome PlantChromium, Manganese, Strontium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Brownsville MillFluorine-FluoriteProducer
Brownsville MillFluorine-FluoriteProducer
Oglebay Norton Fluorspar PlantFluorine-FluoriteProducer

Every working recorded in Cameron 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
Brownsville1.4 miles16
Stardust Colonia1.9 miles11
Four Corners3.1 miles16
Villa Nueva Colonia3.2 miles11
Villa Nueva3.4 miles11
Cameron Park4.6 miles16
Stewart Colonia4.7 miles16
Cameron Park Colonia4.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377499. 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.