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Pleasant Grove, Kentucky

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the South Crittenden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42078. It lies near Cave Hill. The Survey maps it on the Salem quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pleasant Grove within Crittenden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 21 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

18 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove (historical) between 1999 and 2014, burning about 115 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
6 March 2010Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 March 2010Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
5 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 March 2009Recreation and ceremony40 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 March 2014Recreation and ceremony10 acresKentucky Division of ForestryMIDWAY RD.
9 February 2009Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
20 February 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryALLEY LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crittenden 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 Grove (historical): 44 past producers, 21 prospects, 8 unknowns, 7 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc. 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
Givens ProspectZinc, Nickel, Manganese, Cobalt, DiatomitePast Producer1900
Hickory Cane MineZinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, LeadPast Producer
Columbia MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
K.K.MineFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
La RueFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincPast Producer1933, 1934
Moore Hill Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, ZincProducer1900
Babb Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BariteProducer1899
Dike - Eaton Group Fluorspar MinesFluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-BariteProducer1900
Wright MineFluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BaritePast Producer
DavenportFluorine-Fluorite, ZincPast Producer1918, 1925

Every working recorded in Crittenden 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
Liberty Grove (historical)1.8 miles21
Blooming Rose (historical)2.7 miles21
Sheridan2.7 miles21
Levias3.3 miles21
Siloem (historical)3.3 miles21
Union (historical)3.5 miles21
Midway3.6 miles21
New Salem3.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2743699. 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.