Mount Pleasant, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tri-Cities census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35661. It lies near Fleet Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Killen quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mount Pleasant within Colbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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.

1914 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:48000
1916 USGS Muscle Shoals quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1936 USGS Killen quadrangle1:24000
1953 USGS Killen quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Killen quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Tuscumbia quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

86 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant (historical) between 1994 and 2016, burning about 441 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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
Debris and open burning	35
Arson/incendiarism	17
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Recreation and ceremony	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Smoking	2

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
7 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	20160907-6
30 September 2008	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	RIVER ROAD, AL
28 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2000	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Alabama Forestry Commission	673 CR 72, AL
17 September 2000	Smoking	under an acre	Alabama Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colbert 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 Mount Pleasant (historical): 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Aluminum. 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
	Lister Hill Reduction Plant	Silica, Aluminum	Plant

Every working recorded in Colbert 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Steenson Hollow	1.1 miles	18
Detroit Park	1.1 miles	18
Lakeview Highlands	1.1 miles	18
Lakeview	1.4 miles	18
Listerhill	1.6 miles	18
Bainbridge (historical)	2.3 miles	18
Jackson Heights	2.5 miles	18
Davidsons Cross Roads (historical)	2.6 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 132969. 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.