Riverside, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77320. It stands on Harmon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Riverside quadrangle. 522 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 187 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 2 records
Riverside Swinging Bridgelisted 1979
State Highway 19 Bridge at Trinity Riverlisted 2004
Population over time
3 figuresRiverside grew from 425 to 522 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 425 | |
| 2010 | 510 | +85 (+20%) |
| 2020 | 522 | +12 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
108 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1993 and 2020, burning about 571 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALKER 13:41 |
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8068 |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 173 |
| 30 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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: Clay, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milwhite Company Abandoned Pit | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Jordan and Hutchinson Operation | Clay | Producer | ||
| Riverside Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Stutts Equipment Co Operation | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverside in 19 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 11 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Riverside | 1 hurt, $10,000 | Brief tornado touchdown in the Hickory Hills subdivision caused barn damage and one unconfirmed injury. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Riverside | $25,000 | no account filed |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | $16,000 | A tin roof was removed off a shed on Martha Lane. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Riverside | $15,000 | Golfball-size hail north of FM 230. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | $15,000 | Newspaper reported wind damage to a mobile home. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Riverside | $12,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | $5,000 | Trees were downed near the intersection of FM 980 and Sunrise Loop. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees in and around Riverside. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Riverside | $5,000 | Hail across the northern part of the entire county. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Riverside | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Riverside | $3,000 | Golf ball-size hail was reported in the town of Riverside. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | $3,000 | Tree down. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Riverside | $3,000 | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Riverside | $2,000 | Riverside police reported golf ball size hail. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Riverside | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Riverside | - | There was a mix of 1/2 inch to golf ball sized hail. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | Numerous trees were downed with some onto homes. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Riverside | - | Penny sized hail was observed on the northwest end of Lake Livingston. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverside | - | Trees were reported down across local roads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel Hill | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Carolina | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Arizona | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Dodge | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Harmony | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Kittrell | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Prairie | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Morian | 9.9 miles | 13 |
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 Q981760 | 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 1383164. 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.





