BlockPleasant Grove, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Starke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32091. The Survey maps it on the Sampson quadrangle.
Then and now
1941 to 1991The 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.
Compare 1941 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1941 USGS Starke quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Starke quadrangle1:50000
- 1949 USGS Sampson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Starke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Sampson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
368 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 368 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,442 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 39 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 79 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 |
| Debris and open burning | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | NW 74TH (03) |
| 5 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 229 (04) |
| 3 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | SR 16 NW (04) |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NW 55TH AVE (04) |
| 24 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 03-04-84TH AVE.FIRE-1227 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Kyanite, Titanium, Zirconium, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trail Ridge Concentrator | Kyanite, Titanium, Zirconium, Aluminum | Plant |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300377. 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.