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Pleasant Grove, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Blairsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30512. It stands on North Fork Kiutuestia Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mulky Gap quadrangle.

Pleasant Grove within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

384 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 384 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 456 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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 burning278
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Smoking17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-UNION-001
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestCOLWELL ROAD
5 September 1999Debris and open burning1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove: 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Coffee ProspectIronProspect
Wellborn Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Butt MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Coosa Creek Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Coosa Creek Placer MineGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Legal Tender MineGoldProspectVein
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
Wellborn-Robinson PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Union 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
Bunker Hill1.5 miles23
Notalee Orchards2.7 miles23
Otto (historical)2.8 miles23
Youngcane (historical)3.0 miles23
Youngstown3.5 miles23
Rogers (historical)3.9 miles23
Canal Lake3.9 miles23
Pleasant Hill4.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332708. 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.