Pleasant Valley, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the South Gilmer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30175. The Survey maps it on the Dyke quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Dyke quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
209 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 715 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 68 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 | 104 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 7.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 10 past producers, 6 producers, 2 prospects, 1 plant. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension, Iron, Dolomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J F Hillhouse Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Mill No 4 Ga Marble Co | Dolomite | Producer | ||
| Georgia-Tioga Iron Co. Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Georgia-Tioga Iron Company Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Tioga Iron Co Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lots 142 & 143 | Marble, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Marble Quarry Unnamed | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Marble Quarry Unnamed | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Marble Quarry Unnamed | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Marble Mine | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Valley in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2013: 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Pleasant Valley | $25,000 | The Gilmer County emergency manager reported several creeks were out of their banks in the south portion of the county and causing flooding on Knight Road...Talona Road...Whitestone Road between Georgia Highways 5 and 515...Roundtop Road...Holder Road...Raven Cliff Road and Leeches Road. The stage height of a USGS stream gage on the Fausett Creek at Yukon Road northeast of Talking Rock reached flood stage of 10 feet. The creek crest at 12.9 feet and caused minor flooding of creek access roads...woodlands and fields. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Pleasant Valley | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gartrell (historical) | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Whitestone | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Dyke | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Talona | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Tioga | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Yukon | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Town Creek | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Snider (historical) | 4.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332715. 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.









