Pleasant Valley, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Coshocton City. It lies in ZIP code area 43812. It stands on Rock Run. The Survey maps it on the Wills Creek quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1908 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Wills Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Wills Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Wills Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Wills Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Wills Creek quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Coshocton city, in the words of 1909.
Chapter Xix
Miscellaneous Matters - 1. The Pre-Historic Race. 2. Ancient Burial Grounds. 3. Meaning of the names Muskingum, Tuscarawas, and Walhonding. 4. Prose Legend of the Walhonding. 5. Heckwelder's Famous Ride. 6. Temperance Crusade among the Indians. 7. The Gnadenhutten Massacre. 8. Curious Stories Touching Captives Reclaimed by Boquet.
Fires nearby
19 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 2007 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 June 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5106 |
| 8 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7872 |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15666 |
| 21 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15182 |
| 12 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,549 shownMuseums hold 1,549 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1846 and 1974: 780 Animalia, 636 Plantae, 123 Fungi, 4 Bacteria, 4 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. Spreitzer, Albaugh, W. F. and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Bulgaria rufa Schwein. | 1942 | H. Moldenke | Coshocton, North Appalachian Experimental Watershed |
![]() | Calvatia rubroflava (Cragin) Lloyd | 1942 | H. Moldenke | Coshcoton; N. Appl. Exp. Watershed, near Coshocton |
![]() | Campanulastrum americanum (L.) Small | 1942 | Harold N. Moldenke | North Appalachian Experimental Watershed, near Coshocton. |
![]() | Tortula obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Mathieu | 1846 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1892 | No Person (Birds) | Coshocton Co |
![]() | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1892 | No Person (Birds) | Coshocton Co |
![]() | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1898 | Williamson, E. B. | Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
![]() | Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
![]() | Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
![]() | Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
![]() | Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
All 1,549 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache No. 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Number 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clowville (historical) | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Coshocton | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Tyndall | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hardscrabble | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Roscoe | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Franklin | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Blue Row | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Canal Lewisville | 3.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049094. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.

























