BlockPleasant Valley, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Roane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71826. The Survey maps it on the Doddridge SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1952 USGS Doddridge SE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Magnolia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
40 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1997 and 2018, burning about 514 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 burning | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Smoking | 58 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canale | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Gin City | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Walnut Hill | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Bradley | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| Kizer | 8.5 miles | 17 | |
| Grants | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Burton Mill | 10.4 miles | 15 | |
| Canfield | 10.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57160. 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.