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Pleasant Grove, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jonesboro Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72405. The Survey maps it on the Jonesboro quadrangle.

Pleasant Grove within Craighead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

31 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 1998 and 2020, burning about 276 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
29 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2008Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Craighead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove: 7 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Jonesboro Brick CoClayUnknown
Jonesboro Brick CoClayUnknown
Griffith Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jonesboro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jonesboro Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Craighead 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
Glendale0.9 miles11
Farrville2.1 miles10
Buck Snort2.2 miles10
Doss (historical)2.4 miles11
Nettleton2.8 miles11
Whitburg (historical)2.9 miles10
Jonesboro Junction3.0 miles10
Philadelphia3.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 64578. 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.