BlockPleasant Grove, Alabama
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Aliceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35466. It stands on Jones Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kirk quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Kirk quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tuscaloosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove between 1996 and 2019, burning about 67 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 191 AND 156 INTERSEC., AL |
| 5 April 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NWR-20120317-002 |
| 7 February 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 February 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 365 CO RD 63, AL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Grove: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
2 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Grove in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Pleasant Grove | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage|associated with a tornado in Greene, Pickens, and Tuscaloosa|counties that began around 3:08 PM on March 15, 2025. The tornado entered Pickens County from Greene County, where it continued north-northeastward|and re-intensified in a wooded area east of Benevola Road.|Numerous snapped trees were observed along an unnamed dirt road.|More trees were uprooted or snapped along Lum Fife Road before|the tornado eventually crossed Highway 82 near Holman. Several|trees were downed along Highway 82 near Minas Road before the|tornado weakened on the north side of Highway 82 in Tuscaloosa|County. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Pleasant Grove | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in eastern Pickens County and determined that it was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum winds near 105 mph. The tornado touched down in a wooded area near Snider Road, south of the town of Gordo. It snapped and uprooted trees as it crossed Snider Road, also causing roof damage to a residence and shed. The tornado continued to uproot trees as it began to parallel Benevola Road, blowing off the roof of a barn that was being constructed. It reached its first maximum in intensity as it approached the Kirk community, snapping and uprooting many trees, with at least one falling on a home. It continued to damage sheds and damaged the roof of a manufactured home. The tornado crossed into Tuscaloosa County about six-tenths of a mile south of Highway 82. |
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 156907. 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.