BlockPleasant Grove, Illinois
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Elvira precinct. It lies in ZIP code area 62912. It stands on Buck Run. The Survey maps it on the Mount Pleasant quadrangle. It stands 440 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1920 USGS Dongola quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1923 USGS Dongola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Mt Pleasant quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
7 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 2013 and 2020, burning about 15 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 | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | PISGAH1 |
| 9 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | CHARLES PROCTOR |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 9 |
| 28 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DAVIS1 |
| 27 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | DAVIS2 |
| 19 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | MCGINNIS CEMETARY |
| 14 November 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 13035 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove: 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Sandstone Exposure | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Shawnee Low Interest Refractory Clay Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Vienna | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Buncombe | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Elvira | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Cypress | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Omar | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Vienna | 7.2 miles | 20 | |
| Joppa Junction | 7.7 miles | 18 | |
| Stringtown (historical) | 8.2 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Pleasant Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7203800 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 423071. 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.