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Pleasant View, Utah

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Provo-Orem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84604. It lies near Rock Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Orem quadrangle.

Pleasant View within Utah County

On record in Pleasant View

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

182 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant View between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,158 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined51
Arson/incendiarism35
Natural34
Recreation and ceremony17
Debris and open burning12
Fireworks11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsCASCADE FIRE
7 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestSTEAK KNIFE
7 September 1996Arson/incendiarism40 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestY-MOUNTAIN #2
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestHOPE
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsBMT
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsHARVEY'S
5 September 1996Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestEAST LAWN
4 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOREM PEAT BOG 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Utah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant View: 20 past producers, 16 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 plant. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
(Facility) Ironton Smelter DumpStone, Crushed/BrokenPlantSurface
Buckley MineSilver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1902, 1917
Ironton AditManganese, IronOccurrenceVein
Lower Slate Canyon QuarrySlate, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
MonarchSilver, Lead, ZincPast ProducerReplacement
Monarch MineZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Squaw PeakLeadProducer
Stubbs PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Ironton North QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface
Ironton South QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Utah 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
Edgemont1.8 miles24
Provo1.9 miles22
Curtis2.3 miles24
Lincoln2.4 miles24
Snow2.9 miles24
Lakeview3.0 miles24
Orem3.2 miles24
Caryhurst3.2 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1444485. 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.