Pleasant Valley, Montana

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the North McCone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59201. It stands on U P Creek. The Survey maps it on the Macon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pleasant Valley within McCone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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.

1916 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Macon quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

270 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,677 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 36 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	82
Fireworks	52
Arson/incendiarism	36
Misuse of fire by a minor	22
Recreation and ceremony	17
Debris and open burning	16
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Smoking	10
Natural	8
Railroad operations and maintenance	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Other causes	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
9 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	BIRTHDAY
7 September 2018	Arson/incendiarism	14 acres	Fort Peck Agency	FARMERS
7 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	KNORR
6 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.5 acres	Fort Peck Agency	HOG
5 September 2001	Misuse of fire by a minor	8.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	SE IDAHO
4 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.5 acres	Fort Peck Agency	BLUE SKY
3 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.8 acres	Fort Peck Agency	EMACON
28 September 2012	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	SHERMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCone County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley (historical): 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Prairie Elk Colony	11.8 miles	7
Nickwall	14.5 miles	6
Pearmond (historical)	15.1 miles	7
Sand Creek (historical)	15.5 miles	5
Vida	16.2 miles	5
Presserville (historical)	16.2 miles	5
Prairie Elk (historical)	24.1 miles	5
Hamblin (historical)	26.2 miles	5

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1716177. 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.