Pleasant Grove, Utah
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the American Fork-Pleasant Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84062. It stands on Grove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Orem quadrangle. 37,726 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,623 feet above sea level.
On record in Pleasant Grove
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 12 of 19 shown
Ashton-Driggs Houselisted 1972
Beers House-Hotellisted 1994
Fugal Blacksmith Shoplisted 1994
Fugal Dugout Houselisted 1986
Samuel Green Houselisted 1987
Peter Axel Johnson Houselisted 1984
Christen Larsen Houselisted 1987
Neils Peter Larsen Houselisted 1987
Joseph Olpin Houselisted 1977
Pleasant Grove Historic Districtlisted 1995
Pleasant Grove Schoollisted 1980
Pleasant Grove Tithing Officelisted 1985
Surveyed buildings and structures 4 records
- Fugal Blacksmith Shop, 650 North Fourth East Street, Pleasant Grovefederal building survey, 3 photographs
- Jeppa Nelson, House, 150 West 1100 North Street, Pleasant Grovefederal building survey, 6 photographs
- Jeppa Nelson, Log Granary, 150 West 1100 North Street, Pleasant Grovefederal building survey, 5 photographs
- John R. Halliday House, 90 East Second North, Pleasant Grovefederal building survey, 6 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresPleasant Grove grew from 33,509 to 37,726 between 2010 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 33,509 | |
| 2020 | 37,726 | +4,217 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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.
- 1885 USGS Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Orem quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Orem quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Orem quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Provo quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Orem quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Orem quadrangle1:24000
What the histories say of this town
2,084 words1 chapter about Pleasant Grove from the published histories of the county, public domain and reproduced complete.
| Chapter | From | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Utah County: a Graphic Account of Its Foundings, Its Wonderful Growth | Utah County: a Graphic Account of Its Foundings, Its Wonderful Growth and Its Splendid Promise for the Future : Also a Descriptive Review of Its Resources, Attractions, Industries, Leading Business Houses and Institutions, with Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Its Pioneers and Early Settlers (1897) | 2,084 words |
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,637 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 12 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 | 57 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | CASCADE FIRE |
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | DRY CANYON 2 |
| 6 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MADDIE |
| 6 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SHIP FIRE |
| 5 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | MAHOGANY |
| 30 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | DRY CYN. LINDON |
| 27 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | COWBOY |
| 27 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ILLEGAL BURN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove: 16 producers, 15 past producers, 5 occurrences. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory), Brick Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahogany Mtn. Prospect | Calcium | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Wadley Pit | Brick Clay | Producer | Surface | |
| Mcfarland Deposit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | ||
| Wadley Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Ellis Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Ellis Mcfarland and Smith Pits | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ellis, Mcfarland & Smith Pits | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Mcfarland Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Smith Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Wadley Deposit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Grove in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Grove | 1 killed | A strong microburst wind resulted in one death in Utah County. The fatality occurred at a baseball park in Pleasant Grove, when a gust of wind blew a 250-pound portable pitching mound over, striking the 13-year-old boy in the head. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Grove | 1 hurt | Tree fell on woman east of Pleasant Grove in microburst |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Grove | $5,000 | Social media posts indicated multiple downed trees in Pleasant Grove. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Pleasant Grove | $2,000 | A severe thunderstorm moved through Utah County. A spotter in Pleasant Grove measured 3/4" hail from this storm. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Pleasant Grove | - | Hail with a diameter of 0.75 inches was reported in Pleasant Grove. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Pleasant Grove | - | Reported in Pleasant Grove |
| September 2002 | Hail | Pleasant Grove | - | A severe thunderstorm produced nickle-size hail and very heavy downpours in the Pleasant Grove area. Rainfall amounts of .78 inches in 15 minutes produced street flooding. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Grove | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindon | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Hardy | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Wing | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| American Fork | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Hills | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Bunker | 3.9 miles | 24 | |
| Orem Station | 4.2 miles | 24 | |
| Vineyard | 4.6 miles | 24 |
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 Q482842 | 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 1444479. 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.









