Pleasant Gap, Alabama
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Spring Garden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It stands on Wolf Branch. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont quadrangle. It stands 689 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1900 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
278 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Gap between 1993 and 2019, burning about 8,821 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 166 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 166 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | National Forests in Alabama | ZONE ABC #4 |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | ZONE ABC #3 |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Alabama | ZONE ABC #2 |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | National Forests in Alabama | ZONE ABC #1 |
| 7 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | OFF HWY 278, AL |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 111 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 111 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Gap: 66 unknowns, 29 past producers, 12 prospects, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pope-Brittain Deposit | Manganese, Iron, Cobalt | Prospect | Wad | |
| Stock Property | Manganese, Stone | Prospect | 1949 | |
| West Rock Run Area | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1891 | |
| Augusta Mines | Cobalt, Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| North of Bluffington Deposits | Cobalt, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Northeastern Alababa | Cobalt, Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Pope Hughes | Cobalt, Manganese | Occurrence | 1938 | |
| R. Stockdale Property | Cobalt, Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| W.C. Pope Prospect | Cobalt, Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Agusta Mine | Manganese, Iron, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1918 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Garden | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| McFrey Crossroads | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Rock Run | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Sidhart (historical) | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Warner (historical) | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Sanford Springs | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Frog Mountain | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Bluffton | 4.4 miles | 18 |
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 Gap | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19987601 | 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 160400. 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.







