Pleasant Valley, Nevada
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Elko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89815. The Survey maps it on the Noon Rock quadrangle. It stands 5,860 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 Elko quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Lee quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Elko quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Elko quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Noon Rock quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
53 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1999 and 2020, burning about 11,782 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Elko County Fire Protection District | BLUE |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,205 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | RANGE TWO |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko County Fire Protection District | LOWER CANYON |
| 20 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko District Office | NDF 40 |
| 11 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | POWER HOUSE |
| 11 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elko District Office | THISTLE |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | LAMOILLE |
| 30 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,070 acres | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | OWL CREEK |
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 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble Occurrence | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamoille | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Spring Creek | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Brennen Ranch | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Voight (historical) | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lee | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Coral Hill (historical) | 12.3 miles | 10 | |
| Elburz | 14.6 miles | 11 | |
| Fair Play (historical) | 15.0 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Pleasant Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q51702378 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 857656. 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.






