Pleasant Grove, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Craig Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72030. It lies near Round Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Formosa quadrangle. It stands 801 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1894 USGS Morrilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Formosa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1991 USGS Formosa quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
197 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 1998 and 2020, burning about 4,214 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 101 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 101 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 17 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Grove in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 5 injuries. 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 2013 | Tornado (EF2) | Pleasant Grove | 5 hurt, $3,500,000 | An EF2 tornado destroyed a church, badly damaged a fire station, and also damaged a natural gas well. Six houses were destroyed, 14 had major damage, 29 had minor damage, and 20 others had very minor damage. Many of the damaged houses had roofs partially torn off. Several dozen outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. A number of vehicles were damaged and some were overturned. |
| March 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Grove | $40,000 | The roof of a chicken house was blown off and a few trees blown down south of Scotland. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Hill | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Claude | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Edge (historical) | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Scotland | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Mountain (historical) | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Gridley (historical) | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Old Liberty (historical) | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Racket Ridge (historical) | 4.1 miles | 16 |
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 Pleasant Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7203808 | 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 58398. 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.










