Pleasant Valley, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47581. It stands on Lemon Run. The Survey maps it on the Shoals quadrangle. It stands 489 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1950 USGS Shoals quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vincennes quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Shoals quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Bedford quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Shoals quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 2001 and 2020, burning about 31 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 | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Hoosier National Forest | DAVIS SCHOOL ROAD |
| 20 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WINDOM |
| 14 March 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | MILL ROAD |
| 11 March 2001 | Smoking | 17 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WEST BADEN POND |
| 10 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WEST BADEN TRASH |
| 10 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | WAGGONER CHAPEL |
| 8 February 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Hoosier National Forest | RUSK FIRE |
| 19 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Hoosier National Forest | CANARY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 85 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 85 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 59 occurrences, 20 prospects, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Refractories Quarry | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Shoals Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Shoals Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| U.S. Gypsum Co. Shoals Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1951, 1955 | |
| Opening No. 11 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Opening No. 12 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Opening No. 12 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Opening No. 13 | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Opening No. 13 | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Opening No. 17 | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacy | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Shoals | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Ironton | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Hindostan Falls | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Shoals Overlook | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Windom | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Natchez | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 5.0 miles | 13 |
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 Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7204040 | 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 451347. 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.







