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Pleasantdale, Wyoming

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Gillette South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82718. The Survey maps it on the Pleasantdale quadrangle. It stands 4,944 feet above sea level.

Pleasantdale within Campbell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 8 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Pleasantdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 597 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined6
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle 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
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined215 acresWyoming State ForestryHWY 50
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresWyoming State ForestrySHOOTING PARK
8 August 2020Natural8.0 acresCampbell CountyPLEASANTDALE
30 August 2015Natural1.0 acresWyoming State ForestryNAPIER
3 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use73 acresCampbell CountyCLARKELEN
14 August 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresCampbell CountyCLARKELEN
28 July 2012Natural19 acresWyoming State ForestryGEER
21 July 2020Natural60 acresCampbell CountyMIDDLE PRONG DEAD HORSE CREEK

Every fire recorded in Campbell County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Pleasantdale: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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
Aec Anomaly 342UraniumProspect
Anomaly 24UraniumOccurrenceStratabound
Charles Mankin Ranch,Aec Anomaly#34UraniumOccurrence
UnknownUraniumOccurrence
Willis Oser AEC Anomaly #24UraniumProspect

Every working recorded in Campbell 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
Savageton15.0 miles10
Antelope Valley17.3 miles9
Sunburst17.4 miles10
Crestview17.5 miles9
Gillette18.8 miles9
Sleepy Hollow19.4 miles9
Collins Heights21.0 miles10
Wyodak23.3 miles10

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 PleasantdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7204117The 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 1597460. 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.