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Pleasant Valley, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Central Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72616. It stands on Osage Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grandview quadrangle. It stands 1,227 feet above sea level.

Pleasant Valley within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

47 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1997 and 2018, burning about 846 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined13
Debris and open burning9
Natural2
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
13 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 2006Natural13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 June 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 May 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Newman Pyrite ProspectIronOccurrence
Carroll County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garrett Sand & Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kings River Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Freeman (historical)2.5 miles12
Berryville2.7 miles12
Grandview3.3 miles12
Urbanette4.6 miles12
Winona Springs (historical)5.3 miles14
Tunnel (historical)5.9 miles12
Indian Creek (historical)6.0 miles12
Junction (historical)6.2 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q7204034The 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 58401. 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.