BlockPleasant View, Illinois
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Rushville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62681. The Survey maps it on the Beardstown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1926 USGS Beardstown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Beardstown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Beardstown SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Beardstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant View: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammitt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Coal Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Leland Jacobs Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant View in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant View | $45,000 | Several tree tops were broken off and tree limbs were blown down. A large cottonwood tree was blown down along Pokeberry Road. Damage occurred to tents at the fairgrounds northeast of Rushville. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant View | - | Several 3 to 4-inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Pleasant View | - | A tornado touched down in an open field 2.7 miles east of Rushville at 9:56 PM CDT. The tornado tracked northeastward for about 2 miles before dissipating at 9:59 PM CDT. No damage was reported. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Pleasant View | - | A tornado briefly touched down in a field two miles southeast of Pleasant View. No injuries or damage were reported. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Pleasant View | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Browning | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Rushville | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bader | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Ray | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sugar Grove | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Oakland Center | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sheldons Grove | 10.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 415944. 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.
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.