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One of 40 National Register listings published here for Twin Falls County · listed in 1991 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Pleasant Valley School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 3501 E. 3100 N., Kimberly, 83341
- When was it listed? August 1991
- Category. building
- Also known as. Public School Buildings in Idaho MPS
- Census division. Hollister
- National Register reference number. 91000985 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
41 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley School between 1997 and 2020, burning about 934 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2016 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | SUGARLAOF |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | MCMULLEN CREEK |
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Twin Falls District | WELLS |
| 16 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | INDIAN SPRINGS 2 |
| 8 August 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | 29 acres | Twin Falls District | NORTH COTTONWOOD |
| 25 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.2 acres | Twin Falls District | FOOTHILLS |
| 25 August 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Twin Falls District | FOOTHILLS |
| 23 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Twin Falls District | ROCKCRKSW |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley School: 9 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumicite Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kimberly, the town this property stands in, in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimberly | $500,000 | The Twin Falls County Sheriff's office reported strong winds associated with a thunderstorm 5 miles south of Kimberly, Idaho. Kimberly is in south central Idaho 5 miles southeast of Twin Falls. The most costly damage was done to two center- pivot irrigation systems. Other damage included roofing torn free from buildings, around 20 trees uprooted, a windmill blown over, and a car damaged by a small falling light pole. Also, a pickup RV camper was rolled over. A farmer reported a missing calf. The wind was strong enough to pick up a 300-pound door and carry it across a street. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Kimberly | - | A video was posted on Facebook. Downed trees were reported at a farm. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Kimberly | - | A trained spotter reported a severe thunderstorm with 1 inch hail and very heavy rain. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Kimberly | - | A severe thunderstorm produced 3/4 inch hail in Twin Fallls County. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kimberly | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
3 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stricker Store and Farm | 2.3 miles | 1979 | |
| Robert and Augusta Brose Ranch | 3.1 miles | 2021 | |
 | Kimberly High School | 6.0 miles | 1990 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91000985 in Record Group 79. |
| Twin Falls County | All 40 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.