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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.

Pleasant Valley within Martin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

8 since 2001

Regional 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 burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresHoosier National ForestDAVIS SCHOOL ROAD
20 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestWINDOM
14 March 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHoosier National ForestMILL ROAD
11 March 2001Smoking17 acresHoosier National ForestWEST BADEN POND
10 March 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestWEST BADEN TRASH
10 March 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresHoosier National ForestWAGGONER CHAPEL
8 February 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresHoosier National ForestRUSK FIRE
19 November 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreHoosier National ForestCANARY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Martin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 85 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
General Refractories QuarrySilicaPast Producer
Shoals MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Shoals MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
U.S. Gypsum Co. Shoals MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducer1951, 1955
Opening No. 11IronOccurrence
Opening No. 12IronOccurrence
Opening No. 12IronProspect
Opening No. 13IronOccurrence
Opening No. 13IronProspect
Opening No. 17IronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Martin County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Lacy1.3 miles15
Shoals2.4 miles15
Ironton2.5 miles15
Hindostan Falls2.7 miles12
Shoals Overlook3.3 miles15
Windom4.0 miles12
Natchez4.9 miles13
Mount Pleasant5.0 miles13

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 ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7204040The 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.