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Pleasant Valley, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Urbana town. It lies in ZIP code area 14840. It stands on Mitchellsville Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rheims quadrangle.

Pleasant Valley within Steuben County

Then and now

1910 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 76 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 1910

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

56 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1998 and 2020, burning about 59 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
15 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNew York Forest RangersPIGTAIL FIRE #2
11 September 2011Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
11 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
23 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
10 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNew York Forest RangersURBANA FIRE
7 July 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Steuben County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. 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
C.Champlin No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Bath PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bath PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Gp-2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Steuben County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Steuben County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Winding Stairs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Winding Stairs PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Steuben 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
Rheims0.6 miles17
Hermitage1.2 miles17
Cold Springs1.8 miles18
Mitchellsville2.0 miles17
Hammondsport2.1 miles23
The Homes Of Wildflower Hills3.3 miles18
Haverling Heights4.3 miles18
Lake Country Estates4.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 960719. 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.