Pleasant Hill, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ozark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36360. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ozark quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1942 USGS Enterprise quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ozark quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
49 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 231 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | HWY 231 S, AL |
| 19 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20140901-001 |
| 19 August 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20200608-2 |
| 8 June 2007 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 June 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160625-4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pleasant Hill: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dal 1 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pleasant Hill in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | $5,000 | A tree blew down on a residence and a power pole was snapped. |
| January 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | $3,000 | A power line was blown down. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down in the Logan Road area around Ozark. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | $1,000 | A tree blew down onto Willow Oaks Dr. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pleasant Hill | - | A tree was blown down on Will Logan Rd near Andrews Ave. |
| March 2022 | Flash Flood | Pleasant Hill | - | Lowery Road was flooded. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Pleasant Hill | - | Walker Road was flooded. |
| April 2014 | Flood | Pleasant Hill | - | Some flooding was reported near the intersection of Alabama 27 and County Road 34. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ozark | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Marley Mill | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Allen Heights | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ewell | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Plainview | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Dill | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Bowden Terrace | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Dillard | 6.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 133533. 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.







