BlockPleasant View, Iowa
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Lick Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52537. The Survey maps it on the Bloomfield North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Ottumwa South quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Bloomfield North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant View (historical) between 2010 and 2020, burning about 793 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 500 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pleasant View (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welch Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunnville (historical) | 0.2 miles | 10 | |
| Belknap | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Floris | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Carbon | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bloomfield | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Shunem | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Drakesville | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Steuben | 7.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 465457. 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.