Pleasant Grove, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Quitman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75431. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Pleasant Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
144 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 1996 and 2019, burning about 1,124 acres in total. 4 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 | 90 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 347 |
| 5 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMPFIRE |
| 26 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 25 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9252014 |
| 25 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6194 |
| 18 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P Green Operation | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Grove in 1 storm report in 2023: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Grove | - | Trees downed in the Pleasant Grove community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coke | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Webster | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cartwright | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Winnsboro | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Forest Hill | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Stout | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Grove | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Westbrook | 8.1 miles | 13 |
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 Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q119873012 | The 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 1378881. 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.
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.




