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Pleasant Valley, Oregon

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Northwest Josephine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97526. It stands on Antler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Merlin quadrangle. It stands 1,132 feet above sea level.

Pleasant Valley within Josephine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

459 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 459 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 397 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 15 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
Equipment and vehicle use100
Debris and open burning68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Smoking45
Natural45
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Other causes25
Recreation and ceremony25
Fireworks21
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Arson/incendiarism15
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Firearms and explosives use3

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGrants Pass UnitHIGHLAND
7 September 2015Smokingunder an acreMedford DistrictPORTLAND AVENUE
7 September 2006Other causesunder an acreGrants Pass UnitPOTTS WAY 764
7 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGrants Pass UnitEAST CROW ROAD
7 September 1995Other causesunder an acreGrants Pass UnitSUGARPINE DRIVE
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGrants Pass UnitI-5 MP 58
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGrants Pass UnitROCK PIT
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersHUGO RD 3785

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Josephine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 67 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 26 past producers, 18 occurrences, 14 prospects, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silica, 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
Copper QueenGold, Copper, Silver, MercuryPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
Copper Queen MineGold, Mercury, CopperPast Producer
Lambtongue MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Molybdenum OccurrenceCopper, MolybdenumOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Oak MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincProducer1916
Oak MineGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
SulfideSilver, GoldProspect
Sulfide OccurrenceCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceUnknown
Unnamed Molybdenum OccurrenceCopper, MolybdenumProspect
White WonderSilica, Silver, Nickel, Gold, CopperProspect

Every working recorded in Josephine 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
Three Pines0.9 miles17
Hugo2.1 miles17
Merlin3.3 miles17
Sunny Valley5.7 miles17
Leland6.3 miles17
Placer6.4 miles17
Greenback (historical)7.7 miles17
Grants Pass8.7 miles19

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 Q7204041The 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 1125478. 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.