Pleasant Valley, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Amarillo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79108. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Valley quadrangle. It stands 3,510 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1934 USGS Cliffside quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS Cliffside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Pleasant Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
359 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 359 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 2000 and 2020, burning about 74,574 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 17 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 | 211 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 64 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 400 W CHERRY |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMITH |
| 29 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KINIE |
| 2 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-12720 |
| 18 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-13505 |
| 18 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-13519 |
| 18 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-13513 |
| 17 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | OWENS CORNING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 2 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Asarco Zinc Smelter | Zinc | Plant | ||
| Armarillo Plant & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Southwestern Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amarillo | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Dumas Junction | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Juilliard | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Mayer | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Cliffside | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bishop Hills | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Folsom | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Gluck | 7.5 miles | 11 |
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 Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076559 | 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 1365449. 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.





