BlockPleasant Grove, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Thornton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76687. The Survey maps it on the Odds quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Odds quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 2006 and 2020, burning about 596 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 918201702 |
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 910201701 |
| 27 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3014 |
| 25 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8252018 |
| 22 August 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8222019 |
| 8 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILD FIRE REKINDLE |
| 7 July 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 707201802 |
| 7 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3015 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Grove in 1 storm report in 2009: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Grove | $7,000 | Large limbs were knocked down and two large barns suffered damage to a roof and sides in the community of Big Hill. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Mop | 3.2 miles | 6 | |
| Big Hill | 3.4 miles | 6 | |
| Thornton | 3.6 miles | 6 | |
| Coit | 3.6 miles | 6 | |
| Little Elm | 3.9 miles | 6 | |
| Odds | 4.4 miles | 6 | |
| Beulah | 4.9 miles | 6 | |
| Davis Prairie | 5.9 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380374. 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.
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.