Riverside, Wisconsin
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Blaine town. It lies in ZIP code area 54830. It stands on Hay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Webb Lake quadrangle. It stands 892 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1949 USGS Webb Lake quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Webb Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Sandstone quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Webb Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Riverside between 1993 and 2020, burning about 116 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 77 AND BASS LAKE |
| 5 July 1997 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 1997 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 1997 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Riverside: 10 occurrences, 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Clay Pit | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Glendenning Creek Sand Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Glendenning Creek Sand Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Island Lake Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Island Lake Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Jacobson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Pjenowski Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Riverside Pit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Riverside Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Riverside Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverside in 2 storm reports in 2023: 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Flood | Riverside | - | Warm temperatures early in April led to rapid snowmelt of a well above normal snowpack across the region. Additionally, heavy rainfall on top of the snowpack led to additional high runoff across the county as well. Roads began to be impacted on the 12th with water overtopping low spots leading to washouts, failed culverts and numerous closed roads. Temperatures cooled during the middle of the month along with a heavy rain/snow event the 16th into the 17th. This allowed the runoff to slow and water levels to drop. Clam Lake rose out of its bank and flooded around 60 homes and cabins around the lake for a time around the 16th and 17th. Multiple communities along with the county issued disaster declarations due to the extent of washed out roads with the worst of the flooding abating by the 25th. Damage estimates were not readily available from the county. |
| July 2023 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Corner | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Webb Lake | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Danbury | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Oakland | 11.5 miles | 14 | |
| Yellow Lake | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Webster | 15.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hertel | 18.9 miles | 14 | |
| Siren | 21.3 miles | 14 |
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 Q7338365 | 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 1572355. 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.





