Pleasant View, Idaho
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Post Falls-Rathdrum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83854. It stands on Skalan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Liberty Lake quadrangle.
On record in Pleasant View
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Pleasant View School IIlisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1901 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Greenacres quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Greenacres quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Liberty Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Greenacres NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Liberty Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant View between 1992 and 2020, burning about 299 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 3 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WINDSONG |
| 9 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 515 |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Spokane County Fire Districts | DALKE AVENUE |
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CARPENTER |
| 7 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STATESIDE SPOT |
| 4 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STARR SPOT |
| 29 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CABLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant View: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moab Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Murphy Brothers State Line Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Liberty Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Moab Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Starr Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Line Village | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| McGuire | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Grand Junction | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Post Falls | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| East Greenacres | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Hauser | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Howelltown | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Coeur d'Alene Junction | 7.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397050. 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.








