Pleasant Valley, New York

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sangerfield town. It lies in ZIP code area 13480. It lies near Sanger Hill. The Survey maps it on the Oriskany Falls quadrangle.

Pleasant Valley within Oneida County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pleasant Valley, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Pleasant Valley, surveyed 1907

On record in Pleasant Valley

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Pleasant Valley Grange Halllisted 1999

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

1907 USGS Sangerfield quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1943 USGS Oriskany Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1943 USGS Sangerfield quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Oriskany Falls quadrangle1:24000
1944 USGS Oriskany Falls quadrangle1:31680
1948 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Binghamton quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

74 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1999 and 2019, burning about 35 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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	34
Arson/incendiarism	19
Debris and open burning	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Natural	3
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
4 September 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
3 September 2017	Smoking	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
24 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
14 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 July 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 July 2012	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 July 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
21 July 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Oriskany Falls Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	Sedimentary
	Oriskany Falls Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Conger Corners	1.2 miles	19
Oriskany Falls	2.1 miles	19
Brothertown	2.2 miles	19
Sangerfield	2.9 miles	19
Waterville	2.9 miles	19
Forge Hollow	3.3 miles	19
Five Corners	3.7 miles	17
Stockwell	3.8 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960721. 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.