Pleasant Grove, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dalton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30721. It stands on Bates Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dalton North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1938 USGS Chatsworth quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Dalton North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
334 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 334 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,282 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 54 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 | 192 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALKER-018 |
| 8 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-WHITFIELD-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Marble, Dimension, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eslinger Property | Iron, Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| Hammontree Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Jet Black Marble Co Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Cooper Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| George Cline Property | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| W. R. Cline Property | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Ruralvale Area | Past Producer | Residual |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waring | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Fillmore (historical) | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Valley | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Plainview | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| Dawnville | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Toonnerville | 3.9 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Ridge | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Cannon Heights | 4.4 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332709. 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.











