BlockPleasant Valley, Michigan
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Echo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49727. It stands on Spence Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scotts Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Cheboygan quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Boyne City quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Scotts Lake quadrangle1:25000
- 1984 USGS Charlevoix quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 78 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ANTRIM 01 - WOODCHIP FIRE |
| 13 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ANTRIM 07 |
| 10 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Shale Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finkton | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Chestonia | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Snowflake (historical) | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Central Lake | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bellaire | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| North Arms | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Green River | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Ellsworth | 8.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617791. 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.