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Pleasant Valley, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Adairsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30103. The Survey maps it on the White West quadrangle.

Pleasant Valley within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

326 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 326 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,798 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 159 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
Arson/incendiarism159
Debris and open burning95
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism8.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-011
6 September 2008Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-BARTOW-019
6 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-009
4 September 1998Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 8 prospects, 6 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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
Unnamed ProspectsMicaOccurrence
CantyManganeseUnknown1954
Highway QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Holcombe PropertyManganeseProspect1919
Painter QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Akin MineAluminumPast Producer
Gilbreath and Other MinesAluminumPast Producer
Lot 102AluminumProspect
Lot 109AluminumProspect
Scott ProspectsAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Bartow 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
Folsom3.5 miles19
Sophia (historical)3.6 miles19
Dewey Crossroads3.8 miles19
Adairsville4.3 miles18
Gum Springs4.3 miles19
Simpson Crossroads4.4 miles19
Summit (historical)4.5 miles18
Halls5.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332716. 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.