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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1890 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Adairsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Adairsville 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 White West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
326 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 159 |
| Debris and open burning | 95 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BARTOW-011 |
| 6 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-BARTOW-019 |
| 6 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BARTOW-009 |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospects | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Canty | Manganese | Unknown | 1954 | |
| Highway Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Holcombe Property | Manganese | Prospect | 1919 | |
| Painter Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Akin Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Gilbreath and Other Mines | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Lot 102 | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Lot 109 | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Scott Prospects | Aluminum | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folsom | 3.5 miles | 19 | |
| Sophia (historical) | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Dewey Crossroads | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Adairsville | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Gum Springs | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Simpson Crossroads | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Summit (historical) | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Halls | 5.0 miles | 18 |
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.










