BlockPleasant Grove, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Jordan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63935. It stands on Barton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Doniphan North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1939 USGS Doniphan quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Doniphan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Doniphan North quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Doniphan North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 676 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | FORTY-YEAR-OLD-FIRE |
| 24 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179036-09141-07242019-1500 |
| 28 June 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | Y-HIGHWAY |
| 7 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mo Lumber + Mining Co Shaft No 1 | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Mo Lumber + Mining Co Shaft No 2 | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steeles | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Greenville Ford | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Paterson Ford | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Dryden (historical) | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Budapest | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hill Top | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Flatwoods | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Doniphan | 8.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740352. 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.