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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.

Pleasant Valley within Elko County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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.

Fires near this place

53 since 1999

Regional 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/undetermined27
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreElko County Fire Protection DistrictBLUE
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined9,205 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestRANGE TWO
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko County Fire Protection DistrictLOWER CANYON
20 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeNDF 40
11 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestPOWER HOUSE
11 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreElko District OfficeTHISTLE
5 August 2012Naturalunder an acreHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestLAMOILLE
30 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,070 acresHumboldt-Toiyabe National ForestOWL CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elko County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Marble OccurrenceMarble, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Elko County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Lamoille2.2 miles15
Spring Creek3.7 miles10
Brennen Ranch3.8 miles10
Voight (historical)5.3 miles12
Lee11.4 miles10
Coral Hill (historical)12.3 miles10
Elburz14.6 miles11
Fair Play (historical)15.0 miles14

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 ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q51702378The 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.