Pleasant Grove, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Paxton-Darlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32567. The Survey maps it on the Paxton quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 29 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 14 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.
- 1949 USGS Laurel Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Laurel Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Paxton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,275 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 | 42 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/PERKINS ROAD |
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Smoking | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | CO HWY 147 (66) |
| 22 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | STEEL MILL CREEK ROAD (46) |
| 30 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2008 | Other causes | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/STRUCTURE FIRE2008-02-0575 |
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 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Construction Company, Inc. - Pleasant Grove Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Grove in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Grove | - | A tree was blown down along County Highway 1883 near Blue Pond Lane. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Springs | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Flowersville | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Paxton | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lakewood | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gordon | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| New Harmony | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Caney Creek | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ealum | 10.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295549. 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.






