BlockPleasant Valley, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Headquarters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41039. It stands on Fleming Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cowan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Cowan quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 2010 and 2016, burning about 65 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 17 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BRIAR PATCH RD. |
| 7 November 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 8.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | NICHOLAS COUNTY |
| 23 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | MT TABOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myers | 2.1 miles | 7 | |
| Ellisville | 4.5 miles | 5 | |
| Hickory Ridge (historical) | 4.8 miles | 6 | |
| Upper Blue Licks | 5.4 miles | 6 | |
| Milltown | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Weston | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Sprout | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Carlisle | 6.6 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508836. 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.