Pleasant Grove, Alabama
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Jemison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35085. The Survey maps it on the Jemison West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Montgomery quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Jemison West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Clanton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
187 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 1994 and 2019, burning about 874 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 89 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | ECR-20130907-001 |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190925-1 |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190917-21 |
| 13 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove: 7 past producers, 5 producers, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Copper, Iron, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. T. Childers Prospect | Arsenic, Copper, Gold | Occurrence | 1929 | |
| B.T. Childer's Prospect | Gold, Copper, Iron, Arsenic | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Honeycutt's Mill Placer Mine | Gold, Iron | Past Producer | 1842, 1892 | |
| Frye Shale Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Jemison | Clay | Producer | ||
| Jemison Mine and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Jemison Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Pierce Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| B. T. Childer Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Franklin Mine | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Grove in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Grove | $500 | Numerous 2 to 3 inch tree limbs were blown down across roads. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Grove | - | Several trees were uprooted along Highway 191. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Grove | - | Motor vehicle damaged by falling tree. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hubbard | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Poseys Crossroads | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Bessie | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Mars Hill | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Campbell | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Jemison | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Center Hill | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Thorsby | 4.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156906. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






