Pleasant Grove, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Plant City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33567. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 33 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1955 USGS Dover quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,269 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agglite Debris | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1935 | |
| Hopewell Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Producer | 1985 | |
| Dot Tampa - Sydney Washer Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Ranch Rd. Grove Corporation - Ranch Road Grove 1a Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Hillsborough Mines | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Imc Agrico - Hopewell | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | Collophane |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Grove in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Lightning | Pleasant Grove | 1 killed | A 71 year old man was fishing in a lake at Edward Medard Park when he was apparently struck and killed by lightning. The man was found face down in the water just after 7 PM with signs of electrocution. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durant | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hopewell | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Aldermans Ford | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Marvina | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bloomingdale | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lithia | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pinecrest | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Valrico | 4.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289046. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






