BlockPleasant Valley, Texas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northeast Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75048. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rowlett quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 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.
- 1891 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Garland quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Rowlett quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Rowlett quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 2005 and 2016, burning about 148 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KATHRYN |
| 29 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANSEN |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUNRISE |
| 8 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | EXCHANGE |
| 2 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachse | 2.1 miles | 22 | |
| Liberty Grove | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Naaman | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Rowlett | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Dalrock | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Embree (historical) | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| Garland | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Shiloh | 5.0 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q49361088 | 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 1378887. 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.