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Pleasant Ridge, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Blythe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. It lies near Cowvat Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Everton quadrangle.

Pleasant Ridge within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

50 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Ridge between 1997 and 2020, burning about 880 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning10
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
5 August 1997Natural16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1999Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2004Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2012Natural27 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2012Equipment and vehicle use20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 2005Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Ridge: 9 unknowns, 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Lowery Quarry-Eros LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Crooked Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
LowerySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Big Mineral Placer ClaimZincOccurrenceUnknown
Frisco MineLeadPast Producer
Frisco PlacerZincPast ProducerHemimorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite
Madison MineLeadUnknown
Marguerite MineLead, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

1 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Ridge in 1 storm report in 2007: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2007HailPleasant Ridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Harmon1.1 miles16
Crawford3.4 miles16
Olvey3.9 miles16
Zinc4.2 miles15
Pedlo (historical)4.5 miles16
Everton4.8 miles16
Rally Hill5.0 miles16
Valley Springs6.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 78054. 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.