BlockPleasant Valley, Oregon
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Beaver census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97141. It stands on Munson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beaver quadrangle. 620 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 256 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1942 USGS Tillamook quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Tillamook quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Yamhill River quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Beaver quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tillamook District | MUNSON CREEK |
| 7 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | BLIMP BASE |
| 4 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tillamook District | E BEAVER CRK #1 |
| 24 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | SUTTON CREEK 755 |
| 23 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Oregon Department of Forestry Salem Headquarters | EDWARDS SECTION 2 |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tillamook District | PLEASANT VALLEY |
| 14 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Tillamook District | BRICKYARD SPRUCE |
| 24 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tillamook District | BEWLEY CREEK 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tillamook Clay Works | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Tillamook Clay Works | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Tillamook River Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tillamook River Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
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 Q7204052 | 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 1147801. 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.