BlockPleasant Grove, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lexington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78947. The Survey maps it on the Tanglewood quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1919 USGS Dime Box quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Tanglewood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
68 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove (historical) between 1998 and 2019, burning about 928 acres in total. 3 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 | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 414 GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 696 EAST GRASS FIRE |
| 26 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRAIL RIDE FIRE |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STRUCTURE/GRASS FIRE |
| 17 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 414 CONTROLLED BURN |
| 14 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY/GRASS FIRE MUTUAL AID LEXINGTON VFD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove (historical): 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colvin Sandstone Deposit | Titanium | Unknown | ||
| Colvin Sandstone Deposit | Zirconium | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanglewood | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Lexington | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Hicks | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Leo | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Doak Springs | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Old Dime Box | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Dime Box | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Blue | 11.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805280. 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.