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Pleasant Valley, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Paris Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44669. The Survey maps it on the Robertsville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pleasant Valley within Stark County

Then and now

1909 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pleasant Valley (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Pleasant Valley (historical), surveyed 1909

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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.

In the 1881 county history

1,062 words on this township

The county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Paris Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Paris Township - 1,062 words.

Fires nearby

7 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley (historical) between 2004 and 2020, burning about 12 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 burning5
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
5 April 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2014Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 March 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 November 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15929
4 November 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15930
26 October 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2361

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stark County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 137 shown

Museums hold 137 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pleasant Valley (historical) between 1890 and 1974: 134 Animalia, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), Baker, C. W., Baker, C.W. 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1890Paul MorrisAlliance, near
A photograph of the species Passerina ciris, not of this specimenPasserina ciris (Linnaeus, 1758)1905F. A. W. DeanAlliance
A photograph of the species Achalarus lyciades, not of this specimenAchalarus lyciades (Geyer, 1832)1927C.W. Baker
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township
A photograph of the species Cottus bairdii, not of this specimenCottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 18501928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma flabellare, not of this specimenEtheostoma flabellare Rafinesque, 18191928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma zonale, not of this specimenEtheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township
A photograph of the species Hybopsis amblops, not of this specimenHybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)1928Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township

All 137 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley (historical): 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, 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
Louis Petros Sons, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pleasant Valley Drive Clay PitClay, CoalPast Producer
Minerva PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Minerva PitClayPast Producer
Pleasant Valley Drive Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Stark 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
Myers1.2 miles18
Paris1.4 miles18
Robertsville2.3 miles18
New Franklin3.4 miles18
Freeburg3.7 miles18
Minerva4.3 miles14
Yeagleys Corners4.6 miles18
Belfort5.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063131. 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.