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Pleasant Hill, Alabama

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bakerhill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36027. It lies near Baker Hill Cuesta. The Survey maps it on the Fort Gaines NW quadrangle.

Pleasant Hill within Barbour County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 331 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 burning23
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning4.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-10
29 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-15
28 September 2016Debris and open burning1.6 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-12
24 September 1996Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.8 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20200805-3
27 August 2011Debris and open burning50 acresAlabama Forestry Commission318 SUMMERHILL ROAD, AL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barbour County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 280 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 280 workings within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill: 151 occurrences, 94 past producers, 15 unknowns, 13 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Water, Free, Clay. 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
Dixon MineAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Eufaula Bauxite DistrictKaolin, AluminumProducer1922, 1923
Barbour County MineClayProducer
Barbour County Mines Pit 2Fire Clay (Refractory), AluminumProducer
Farmer 2Aluminum, Clay, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
Harbison-Walker Henry County MinesFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Henry County MinesClayProducer
W M Bledsoe Henry County MinesFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Baker 1Aluminum, Water, FreePast ProducerSurface
Barbour Operations MineAluminum, Water, FreeProducerSurface

Every working recorded in Barbour 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
Richards Crossroads1.7 miles8
Sandy Point3.8 miles7
Baker Hill4.4 miles7
Terese5.5 miles8
Cotton Hill6.7 miles7
Oateston7.6 miles7
Edgefield7.6 miles8
Gaino8.9 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 124971. 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.