Pleasant Valley, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Baker City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97814. It stands on Baiseley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Encina quadrangle. It stands 3,757 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Baker quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Baker City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Encina quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Baker quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Encina quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,166 acres in total. 21 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | BLUE SPG |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | 2,600 acres | Vale District | LOW CREEK |
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | 4,400 acres | Vale District | IRON MTN |
| 17 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Baker Unit | ALDER CREEK |
| 12 September 2001 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Vale District | MP 313 |
| 10 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Vale District | PLEASANT V |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | 11 acres | Vale District | HOLMAN |
| 1 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.3 acres | Baker Unit | OXMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 74 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 27 past producers, 20 occurrences, 20 prospects, 4 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Caps Lode Claim | Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | Manganite | |
| Foster R.S. Claims | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Gold Occurrence | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Nitzlander Ranch | Gold, Copper, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Alder Creek Asbestos | Asbestos | Unknown | ||
| Alder Creek Asbestos Occurrence | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Carroll B. | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Interstate Route 80n Gravel Pit | Stone | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mp 318.4 Old Oregon Tr | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Pleasant Valley Tuff | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Encina | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Durkee | 10.9 miles | 14 | |
| Baker City | 12.8 miles | 15 | |
| Clarksville | 12.9 miles | 10 | |
| China Town | 13.0 miles | 10 | |
| Estes (historical) | 13.8 miles | 15 | |
| Keating | 13.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bridgeport | 14.4 miles | 10 |
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 Q7204030 | 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 1125477. 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.






