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Pleasant Valley, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wichita Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76305. It stands on Middle Fork Pond Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wichita Falls West quadrangle. 357 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 971 feet above sea level.

Pleasant Valley within Wichita County

Population over time

3 figures

Pleasant Valley fell from 408 to 357 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2000408
2010336-72 (-18%)
2020357+21 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

295 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 2005 and 2020, burning about 15,545 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined168
Debris and open burning49
Power generation/transmission/distribution24
Equipment and vehicle use23
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2015Debris and open burning600 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBELL RD N
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service6642 SEYMOUR HWY
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3215BELL
26 September 2013Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL FWY @ BACON SWITCH
24 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3011 CUMBERLAND
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1434HORSESHOE
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7400 CENTRAL FWY
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePPG FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wichita County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mount BarryCopperOccurrence1873

Every working recorded in Wichita County

Storms near this place

37 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Valley in 37 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 20 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley$100,000Multiple confirmations of thunderstorm wind damage along U.S. Highway 277/82 between the communities of Holiday and Wichita Falls. Damage included the metal facade of a house blown off, a travel trailer blown onto its side and numerous tree limbs, at least one power pole and a large highway road sign blown down. The location is approximate, and the event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2015Flash FloodPleasant Valley$8,000Car half submerged and stranded. Report from Twitter.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley$6,000One telephone pole was snapped off near the top. Several other power poles were damaged. Monetary damages were estimated.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley$5,000Relayed images showing tree limbs blown down and a portable outbuilding overturned near the intersection of Southwest Parkway and Barnett Road. Time is radar estimated.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley$3,000A couple of power lines were downed on Barnett Road just south of US Highway 277. Monetary damages were estimated.
April 2026HailPleasant Valley-Hailfall near the intersection of Kell Boulevard and Barnett Road.
April 2026HailPleasant Valley-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley-A video showing a large tree split in half was shared on social media. The event time is estimated based on radar observations.
April 2026HailPleasant Valley-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2025HailPleasant Valley-The report was relayed through Spotter Network.
April 2025HailPleasant Valley-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2025HailPleasant Valley-The report was relayed through mPING.
April 2025HailPleasant Valley-The report was relayed by amateur radio.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley-The report was relayed by amateur radio.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley-A wind gust on the west side of Wichita Falls Memorial Stadium. The report was relayed by amateur radio.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley-Broadcast media relayed an image from a viewer showing a large tree uprooted along Rogers Road. The event time is estimated from radar observations.
May 2024HailPleasant Valley-Multiple relayed confirmations by broadcast media and amateur radio.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley-Relayed image showing a 1224-inch diameter tree limb blown down. Time is radar estimated.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley-Large trees uprooted. Time is radar estimated.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley-Three to four inch diameter tree limbs were snapped by the strong winds.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley-The winds were reported at FM369 and US277.
March 2010Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley-A roof was blown off of a double-wide trailer, and a pole barn was blown down. Monetary damages were not available.
April 2009HailPleasant Valley-Dime to quarter size hail was reported over the southern parts of Wichita Falls. Hail up to quarter-size fell on the north sides of Lake Wichita. Dime- to nickel-size hail was reported at the stadium and near University Avenue and Meadowbrook Drive.
May 2023HailPleasant Valley-no account filed
October 2023Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley-no account filed
April 2023HailPleasant Valley-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley-no account filed
April 2023HailPleasant Valley-no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPleasant Valley-no account filed
May 2022HailPleasant Valley-no account filed
April 2021HailPleasant Valley-no account filed
April 2021HailPleasant Valley-no account filed
June 2021HailPleasant Valley-no account filed
June 2021HailPleasant Valley-no account filed
October 2017HailPleasant Valley-no account filed
April 2011HailPleasant Valley-no account filed
April 2003HailPleasant Valley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wichita County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Iowa Park4.3 miles11
Bacon4.4 miles9
Wichita Falls5.4 miles10
Allendale5.6 miles10
Cashion Community8.2 miles15
Valley View10.3 miles7
Burkburnett11.0 miles15
Clara12.0 miles12

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 ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q974727The 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 1375499. 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.