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Pleasant Grove, Oklahoma

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Seminole North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74868. The Survey maps it on the Seminole quadrangle.

Pleasant Grove within Seminole County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

73 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 2005 and 2020, burning about 7,383 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresWewoka AgencyTRANSFORMER
30 September 2011Debris and open burning2.3 acresWewoka AgencyTIGER
16 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresWewoka AgencyBAYLOR
16 September 2017Fireworks1.0 acresWewoka AgencyMEKUSUKEY
10 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.3 acresWewoka AgencyRUNWAY
9 August 2008Debris and open burning6.0 acresWewoka AgencyOUTLAW
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarism48 acresWewoka AgencyHORSE TRAIL
4 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWewoka AgencyDEER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole 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 Grove: 1 past producer. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Seminole 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
Seminole3.5 miles11
Bowlegs6.5 miles11
Maud6.8 miles13
Lima8.1 miles9
New Lima8.5 miles9
Little9.2 miles10
Indogco9.7 miles9
Wolf10.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100751. 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.