BlockPleasant Grove, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sulphur Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75482. The Survey maps it on the Gafford Chapel quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Gafford Chapel quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 2003 and 2018, burning about 364 acres in total. 1 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6221 |
| 16 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6328 |
| 7 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4762 |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1127 CR 4707 |
| 4 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.1 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN-6173 |
| 10 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 286 SPUR 71 |
| 1 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6163 |
| 22 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good Neighbor | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Gafford | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Posey | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Peerless | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| North Hopkins | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| New Birthright | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Birthright | 6.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034647. 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.