Riverside, Washington
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Conconully-Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98849. It stands on Johnson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Riverside quadrangle. 329 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 866 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRiverside grew from 280 to 329 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 280 | |
| 2020 | 329 | +49 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1906 USGS Chopaka quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Conconully quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Okanogan quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Oroville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 184,089 acres in total. 60 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 | 60 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | CONCONULLY HIGHWAY |
| 6 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | PHARR OUT WAY |
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | WANNACUT CREEK II |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Colville Agency | ANNOCOTT CREEK |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WILDLIFE STRIKE |
| 30 September 2012 | Other causes | 5.1 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | POISON LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 29 occurrences, 10 past producers, 7 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Dolomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chickamum Claim | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Johnson Creek | Chromium, Nickel, Iron | Past Producer | Chromite | |
| Johnson Creek Prospect | Chromium, Nickel, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Riverside | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tunk Creek | Feldspar, Mica | Unknown | ||
| Wagonroad Coulee | Nickel | Occurrence | Serpentine | |
| Johnson Creek | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | Talc | |
| Johnson Creek | Talc-Soapstone | Unknown | ||
| Riverside | Platinum | Occurrence | Stream Placer | |
| Riverside | Mica | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverside in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flood | Riverside | $500 | Water was over roadway along the Riverside Eastriverside Road. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Riverside | - | Two low-centroid thunderstorms, each producing tropical like downpours, moved through Riverside between 1300 PDT and 1530 PDT. The intense rainfall caused water, mud, and minor debris to briefly flood an intersection in town. The nearest observation site, Omak ASOS, recorded 0.76 over a 134 minute period with the most intense rainfall occurring within the second cell. This cell delivered 0.45 of the total rainfall in a span of 28 minutes. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Riverside | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Riverside | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Keystone | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| North Omak | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Barker | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Epley (historical) | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Omak | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Brown Lake | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Synarep | 9.4 miles | 11 |
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 Q1513833 | 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 1531498. 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.





