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Pleasant View, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Springville-Johnsondale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93260. It lies near Durkas Flat. The Survey maps it on the Posey quadrangle.

Pleasant View within Tulare County

Then and now

1936 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pleasant View, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Pleasant View, surveyed 1936

Compare 1936 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant View between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,355 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 1 was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural10
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestSUGAR
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia National ForestMEADOW
3 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestDEER
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral California DistrictGRANITE
25 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia National ForestPASS
23 September 2011Natural8.0 acresSequoia National ForestSUNDAY
2 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSequoia National ForestKEEP
11 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia National ForestCAPINERO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant View: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Uranium, Molybdenum, Copper, Silver. 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
Big Four No. 1UraniumUnknown
Wattenbarger ProspectUraniumProspect
White River ClaimsMolybdenum, Copper, SilverOccurrenceMolybdenite
White River ProspectMolybdenum, Copper, SilverOccurrenceVein
Anita MayTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Anita MayTungstenProspect
Cadillac MineTungstenPast ProducerPyrite, Scheelite
Cadillac MineTungstenPast Producer
Thomas Eistrat PropertyTungstenOccurrence
TungstoreTungstenPast ProducerScheelite

Every working recorded in Tulare 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
Poso Park0.5 miles22
Balance Rock0.6 miles22
Panorama Heights0.6 miles22
Sugarloaf Village1.4 miles22
Idlewild1.7 miles22
Posey2.2 miles22
Guernsey Mill2.4 miles22
Sugarloaf Saw Mill2.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661242. 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.