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Pleasant Valley, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in District 5. It lies in ZIP code area 72837. It lies near Lee Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Lee Mountain quadrangle. It stands 525 feet above sea level.

Pleasant Valley within Pope County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

91 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,059 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 19 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 burning35
Arson/incendiarism19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism92 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2004Arson/incendiarism13 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTPL LAND
23 September 2004Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTURKEY HILL
15 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pope 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 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Pope County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Quarries 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pope 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
Cumberland (historical)2.8 miles19
Dover2.9 miles20
Piney3.0 miles19
Broomfield3.8 miles20
Falerno (historical)4.3 miles19
Famous (historical)4.5 miles19
Scottsville4.6 miles20
Tatetown (historical)4.9 miles19

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 ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14681368The 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 73136. 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.