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Pleasant Valley, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Orchard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83634. The Survey maps it on the Owyhee quadrangle.

Pleasant Valley within Ada County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

104 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1993 and 2020, burning about 12,852 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Firearms and explosives use17
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks6
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBoise DistrictTENNER
30 September 2012Firearms and explosives use325 acresBoise DistrictKRASH
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresBoise DistrictB.C.RESER.
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictRRMP437
22 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreBoise DistrictRR MP 430
22 September 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresBoise DistrictDOPPLER
20 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution13 acresBoise DistrictTEN MILE
2 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBoise DistrictLOCK UP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ada County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
McCartan's PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ada 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
Owyhee3.1 miles16
Mora5.7 miles16
Blacks Creek6.2 miles16
Leone8.5 miles15
Hillcrest8.9 miles19
Kuna9.7 miles16
South Boise (historical)10.0 miles19
Vernon10.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397047. 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.