BlockPleasant Valley, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Bergen town. It lies in ZIP code area 54658. It lies near North Chipmunk Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Stoddard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1926 USGS Stoddard quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Stoddard quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Stoddard quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS La Crosse quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,710 words on this townshipHistory of Vernon County, Wisconsin .., published 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Bergen Town covers the township.
Read the chapter on Bergen Town - 1,710 words.
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley between 1994 and 2020, burning about 228 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | LaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | WIGWAM SLOUGH |
| 14 June 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | LaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | GOOSEIS |
| 5 May 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 68 |
| 9 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 38 |
| 9 April 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 195 acres | LaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | LAWRENCE LAKE |
| 8 April 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 21 acres | LaCrosse District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | RUNNING SLOUGH |
| 29 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 61 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Valley: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacrosse Sand and Gravel Co. Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Chipmonk Coulee Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ober Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Torgerson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1571634. 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.