Pleasant Grove, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Laneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75654. The Survey maps it on the Gum Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1935 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1973 USGS Gum Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
190 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,006 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 4 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 | 105 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 527 |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4608 FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2274 N |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6231 |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODS FIRE |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND FIRE |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6228 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Grove in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 3 hail, 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Pleasant Grove | $200,000 | An EF1 tornado with winds of 105 to 110 mph occurred in Rusk County from 930 am to 940 am CDT on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008. The tornado touched down approximately 500 yards west of County Road 1798 where a manufactured home was completely destroyed. The hope appears to have been destroyed when the winds swept under the home...lifted it off its foundation and slammed it into the ground thereby causing the entire structure to fail. The winds then scattered the debris and home contents up to three miles northeast of the home. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted along County Road 4183. A large barn was collapsed on the west side of County Road 4182 and a shed was destroyed by a fallen tree on the east side of County Road 4182. The tornado then crossed FM 839 snapping trees and knocking down power lines. Trees were snapped and uprooted along County Road 461 including one tree that fell on an outbuilding causing severe damage. The tornado lifted several hundred yards east of County Road 461. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Grove | - | A roof was removed from an outbuilding, and one exterior wall was blown out of another outbuilding near the intersection of FM Road 1798 and FM Road 839. |
| February 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Pleasant Grove | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Rusk County, Texas and determined that a weak EF0 tornado touched down east of New Summerfield, Texas. Damage consisted of several trees uprooted and large branches snapped along FM 1798 and FM 839 near Cat Creek. |
| December 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Pleasant Grove | - | Several trees were uprooted and snapped along CR 4188. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Pleasant Grove | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Hail | Pleasant Grove | - | no account filed |
| January 1994 | Hail | Pleasant Grove | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKnight | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Big Springs | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Good Springs | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Pone | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Gum Springs | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| New Salem | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Freeneytown | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hickey | 6.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378880. 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.





