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Pleasant View, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43128. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.

Pleasant View within Fayette County

Then and now

1916 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 70 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 View, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Pleasant View, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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.

In the county-history sources

3,700 words on this township

History of Fayette County Ohio, published 1914 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Jefferson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Jefferson Township - 3,700 words.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 16 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pleasant View between 1882 and 1973: 8 Animalia, 4 Fungi, 4 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Kellerman, W.A., L. D. Saville, Lloyd, C.G. 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
Specimen of Podosphaera clandestina var. clandestina (Wallr.) Lév.Podosphaera clandestina var. clandestina (Wallr.) Lév.1882Kellerman, W.A.America borealis: prope Lancaster, Ohio, in foliis Spiraeae tomentosae.
Specimen of Spiraea tomentosa L.Spiraea tomentosa L.1882Kellerman, W.A.America borealis: prope Lancaster, Ohio, in foliis Spiraeae tomentosae.
Specimen of Phellinus ferruginosus (Schrad.) Pat.Phellinus ferruginosus (Schrad.) Pat.1898Lloyd, C.G.College Hill, Ohio
A photograph of the species Opsopoeodus emiliae, not of this specimenOpsopoeodus emiliae Hay, 18811926Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Sugar Creek, near NE corner of Clinton County OH locality is approximate based off Fishes of Ohio distribution map
Specimen of Botrychium dissectum Spreng.Botrychium dissectum Spreng.1934Wood, R.Pearsons Park
A photograph of the species Bombus pensylvanicus, not of this specimenBombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)1937not recorded
A photograph of the species Orconectes rusticus, not of this specimenOrconectes rusticus (Girard, 1852)1939R. RhoadesWest Branch of Rattlesnake Creek, 3 mi. N.E. of Sabina, Wilson Township
A photograph of the species Pimephales promelas, not of this specimenPimephales promelas promelas Rafinesque, 18201939Rhoades, R. (Randall)West Branch Rattlesnake Creek, within Richland township, near Sabina, Richland township
Sphaeriidae1962Murphy, WilliamJeffersonville, KOA camp
Lymnaeidae1972Murphy, WilliamJeffersonville, KOA camp
Physidae1972Murphy, WilliamJeffersonville, KOA camp
A photograph of the species Peromyscus leucopus, not of this specimenPeromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque, 1818)1973L. D. SavilleRichland Township, along creek just off grassy branch road, approx. 1 mi. SE SR-729, approx. 4 mi. NE Sabina

All 16 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant View in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2020: 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2020Thunderstorm WindPleasant View$3,000Numerous large trees were knocked down along OH-41.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Pleasant View$3,000The tornado first touched down in Greene County, about 4 miles north of Jamestown. The tornado traveled southeast before turning more easterly as it entered Fayette County about 4 miles northeast of Jamestown. While in Fayette County, a few tree limbs were downed and siding was removed at a property along Pleasant View Road. No additional damage was found to the east of this location. The damage in Fayette County was consistent with a lower-end EF0 tornado.
April 2017Flash FloodPleasant View-High water was reported on Ohio 734 at West Lancaster Rd.

Every storm recorded in Fayette 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
Shady Grove2.7 miles11
Blessing3.0 miles12
Rosemoor3.1 miles11
West Lancaster3.2 miles12
Edgefield3.6 miles11
Jeffersonville3.8 miles12
Octa4.4 miles12
Pearsons (historical)5.1 miles11

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 ViewAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22134129The 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 1061556. 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.

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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.